bomb shellとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: (General American) /ˈbɑmʃɛl/, (Received Pronunciation) /ˈbɒmʃɛl/
• ハイフネーション: bomb‧shell

名詞

bombshell (plural bombshells)

1. (historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.

   Synonym: bomb (in historical sense)

2. (figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
   • 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:

     Singer and Jeffreys had focused their attention on cancer risk, but the bombshell of the report was the danger to children.

   • 2025 February 6, Taylor Luck, Ghada Abdulfattah, “How Trump’s proposed plan for Gaza has united an outraged Arab world”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate its Palestinian inhabitants has made the forced transfer of populations – a war crime – a policy discussion, galvanizing Arab states.

3. (by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

   Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell

   • 2021 May 4, Ruth La Ferla, “On That Bombshell Billie Eilish Cover for British Vogue”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The singer once identified by her shock of green hair has gone blonde and full bombshell, swapping her trademark sweats for a style more domme than deb: pink Gucci corset and skirt over Agent Provocateur skivvies, accessorized with latex gloves and leggings.

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