1708, from bomb (n.) + shell (n.). The figurative sense of "shattering or devastating thing or event" attested from 1860. In reference to a pretty woman (especially a blonde) it is attested from 1942 ("Bombshell" as title of a movie starring blond U.S. actress Jean Harlow (1911-1937) is from 1933).
雙語例句
1. The police told me. It was a bombshell. I had no idea.
是警察告訴我的。我很震驚，完全沒想到。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His resignation after thirteen years is a political bombshell.
他任職13年后提出辭職，這在政治上轟動一時。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He dropped the bombshell. He told me he was dying.
他的話猶如一枚重磅炸彈。他告訴我他要死了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The news of his death came as a bombshell.
他去世的消息令人震驚。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. Then she dropped her bombshell. " I'm pregnant.