bom
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Definition
- Noun:
- Bomb: A weapon with great destructive power, typically dropped from an aircraft. Its casing is often made of brittle metal and contains explosives, incendiary materials, or chemical/biological agents.
- (Regional, colloquial) Apple: Refers specifically to a Western apple (Malus domestica).
Usage Examples
- Noun (Bomb):
- Thành phố bị tàn phá bởi những quả bom. (The city was devastated by bombs.)
- Máy bay địch đang thả bom. (Enemy planes are dropping bombs.)
- Noun (Apple):
- Mẹ mua một cân bom về làm salad. (Mom bought a kilogram of apples to make salad.)
- Trẻ con rất thích ăn bom. (Children love to eat apples.)
Advanced Usage
- "bom tấn": Literally "blockbuster bomb," used to describe a hugely successful and high-budget film, song, or cultural product.
- Bộ phim mới của đạo diễn đó là một bom tấn điện ảnh. (That director's new film is a cinematic blockbuster.)
- "nổ như bom": To explode like a bomb; used figuratively to describe news or information that causes a great shock or surprise.
- Tin đó vừa được tiết lộ và nổ như bom trên mạng xã hội. (That news was just revealed and exploded like a bomb on social media.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bom nguyên tử (noun): Atomic bomb.
- Bom hẹn giờ (noun): Time bomb (also used figuratively for a latent, dangerous situation).
- Bom tạ (noun): General-purpose bomb, iron bomb.
- Ném bom (verb phrase): To bomb, to drop bombs.
- Oanh tạc (verb): To bombard, to strafe (a more formal/military term for aerial bombing).
Synonyms
- Bomb (as a weapon): Trái phá (an older or more literary term for an explosive shell or bomb), đạn (shell, projectile, but not exactly synonymous).
- Apple: Táo tây (Western apple), táo (apple - the more common and standard term).
Related Phrases (Verb Combinations)
- Bom hàng (colloquial): To "bomb" goods; to buy a very large quantity of something, often in sales.
- Cô ấy bom hàng trong đợt giảm giá. (She went on a massive shopping spree during the sale.)
- Bom xăng (colloquial): To "bomb" gasoline; to fill up a vehicle's fuel tank completely.
- Anh ấy dừng lại bom xăng trước chuyến đi dài. (He stopped to fill up the tank before the long trip.)
Related Idioms
- (Chuyện) nổ bom: A "bomb" of a story; refers to shocking, scandalous news.
- Vụ việc của công ty đó thực sự là một chuyện nổ bom. (That company's incident is truly scandalous/bombshell news.)
- Tiền bom (slang): "Bomb" money; a very large amount of money.
- Dự án đó cần một số tiền bom để khởi động. (That project needs a bomb [a huge amount] of money to start.)
noun
- Bomb
- bomb
- bom cháyan incendiary bomb, a fire bomb
- bom pháa demolition bomb
- bom sát thươngan antipersonnel bomb
- bom nổ chậma time bomb, a delayed-action bomb
- máy bay ném boma bomber