bombshell

• n. 炸彈；突發事件；引起震驚的人或事

bomb, 炸彈。shell, 彈殼。

bombshell (n.)

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).

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年後提出辭職，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《權威詞典》

5. Then she dropped her bombshell. " I'm pregnant.

”然後她說出了令人震驚的事, “ 我懷孕了. ”

來自《簡明英漢詞典》