smartbombとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From smart +‎ bomb. Since the 1980s. Guided bombs are a hypernymous class that began earlier (with dumber types), but computerized precision-guided bombs called by the name smart bomb were newfangled novelties in the 1980s.

発音

名詞

smart bomb (plural smart bombs)

1. A kind of guided missile.
2. (military aviation) A guided air-dropped bomb.
3. (video games) A weapon that damages or kills all enemies within a large area.
   • 1988, Flying Shark (game review) in Your Sinclair issue 27, page 67

     On your side, you've got three lives, with each life having three smart bombs. These wipe out all the enemy on the screen when used, as smart bombs should.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “guided air-dropped bomb”): iron bomb (unguided air-dropped bomb)
• dumb bomb

下位語

• (guided air-dropped bomb): laser-guided bomb, GPS-guided bomb, INS-guided bomb

関連する語

• smartlet