单词 | bomber |
释义 | bombern. 1. One who throws a bomb; esp. in military use, one of a bombing party. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > one who lays or operates mines or bombs > [noun] mine master1598 petarder1611 petardier1632 miner1692 springer1860 explosionist1868 dynamitard1882 dynamitist1882 dynamiter1883 dynamiteur1883 bomb-thrower1891 bomber1915 car bomber1919 letter bomber1947 firebomber1957 plastiqueur1961 1915 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War V. 25 The bombers..seizing one of these rocket-like bombs from their belts..hurl them high above the parapet. 1927 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 12/2 A fifth attempt to dynamite the Roman Catholic Church of S. Peter and Paul, San Francisco, ended yesterday in the killing of one bomber. 2. An aircraft equipped with bombs for bombing an enemy, his positions, territory, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > bomber raider1908 bomber1917 night bomber1918 dart1925 bomb-dropper1928 flying boxcar1932 bombing plane1934 bomber aircraft1935 medium bomber1935 dive-bomber1937 heavy1943 nuisance raider1944 shuttle bomber1944 atomic bomber1945 interdictor1965 stealth1979 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 260 The fighters guard the bombers until the eggs are dropped. 1923 S. Hoare Sp. Ho. Comm. 14 Mar. Five service squadrons [of which] only one consisted of fighters and four were bombers. 1923 Daily Mail 19 Mar. 9 Goods-'planes—all capable of transformation into bombers. 1940 Times Weekly 27 Nov. 10/3 Our medium bombers were the first to arrive. 1941 Times Weekly 30 July 7/1 For 27 hours on end we were subjected to continuous attacks from bombers—high level, dive and torpedo. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 224 American bombers attacked..the power station. 3. a. A marijuana cigarette. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > marijuana or cannabis > cigarette weed1917 stick1918 spliff1929 weed1929 reefer1931 joint1935 muggler1935 ju-ju1940 mezzroll1944 panatela1946 bomber1952 charge1957 bomb1960 number1963 doobie1967 smoke1967 cheeba1971 Thai stick1976 blunt1988 bifter1989 1952 Amer. Speech 27 24 Bomber, giant-size marijuana cigarette. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iv. v. 283 Victor proceeded to roll the biggest bomber anybody ever saw. b. slang. A barbiturate drug. Cf. black bomber n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > sedative drug or tablet tranquillizer1800 goof ball1938 goof pill1948 pill1951 bomber1962 rainbow1963 downer1966 downie1966 down1967 disco biscuit1981 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xiii. 87 Last year, eighteen tons..of barbiturates were sold in this country. Kids all over are going ga-ga over them. They call them goof-balls and bombers—and they hold bomber parties. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker x. 116 I was planning to go back on bombers today. Compounds C1. (In sense 2.) bomber aircraft n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > bomber raider1908 bomber1917 night bomber1918 dart1925 bomb-dropper1928 flying boxcar1932 bombing plane1934 bomber aircraft1935 medium bomber1935 dive-bomber1937 heavy1943 nuisance raider1944 shuttle bomber1944 atomic bomber1945 interdictor1965 stealth1979 1935 C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 193/1 Bomber aircraft. bomber base n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > station or base station1911 airbase1913 bird farm1942 bomber base1959 1959 Listener 22 Jan. 156/1 American bomber bases. bomber force n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > group or unit on operation > [noun] > bomber force bomber force1940 1940 W. S. Churchill Into Battle (1941) 231 We have a very large bomber force also. C2. bomber jacket n. [modelled on the flight jackets worn by U.S.A.F. air-crew] a style of (usually leather) jacket, front-zippered and tightly gathered at the waist and cuffs. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other duffel coat1683 duffel jacket1732 petenlair1753 grego1767 wamus1805 camisole1816 over-jacket1830 matinee1851 Zouave1859 paletot1863 blazer1880 Norfolks1902 letter sweater1914 letter jacket1934 bomber jacket1940 shirt-jac1944 samfu jacket1955 guru jacket1966 Mao jacket1967 1940 Los Angeles Times 10 Dec. 22 (advt.) This three-piece outfit for junior consists of a bomber jacket, drape trousers, and squadron cap. 1973 Daily News Record (U.S.) 16 Nov. 13 (advt.) Wool plaid bomber jacket..with rugged zipper front. 1985 Listener 2 May 5/2 There was the Intourist taxi driver in his Western trainers and Western bomber jacket. Bomber Command n. an organization of bomber aircraft forming part of the Royal Air Force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > branches of air arm1913 W.R.A.F1918 Fleet Air Arm1923 Bomber Command1939 WAAF1939 Coastal Command1940 Air Training Corps1941 Fighter Command1941 WASP1943 1939 Flight 7 Dec. 455/1 Bomber Command..pounces when a worthy objective is in sight. 1945 W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) 174 The glorious part..played by Bomber Command in forging the victory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1915 |
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