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单词 bombard
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Definition of bombard in English:

bombard

verb bɒmˈbɑːdbɑmˈbɑrd
[with object]
  • 1Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

    the city was bombarded by federal forces
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another suburb in the north of the capital was bombarded.
    • The Nazi artillery dutifully shelled without mercy, and the Luftwaffe bombarded the streets relentlessly.
    • They could bombard the city from the outskirts but could not occupy it without unacceptable losses.
    • Co-ordinated with a small parachute drop, it forced the Romanians to abandon the positions from which they were bombarding the port.
    • Tanks rolled into the main square overnight after coalition warplanes bombarded the city.
    • For a second night, the Marines called in a gunship to bombard insurgent positions.
    • The Hague Convention, Article Four, states that you are not allowed to bombard uninhabited villages or villages that are not occupied by defendants.
    • Government forces used mortars, helicopter gunships and airplanes to bombard rebel positions.
    • One answer of course might be for the Allies to bombard the railway tracks leading to the death camps.
    • From my area we could see aeroplanes bombarding the centre of Santiago.
    • The 1950s saw the illegal Suez operation, during which a British warship bombarded Port Said and killed several Egyptian civilians.
    • Two years ago, the major part of the war was all about bombarding us with smart bombs and high-tech missiles.
    • There was no immediate word on casualties after US warplanes and artillery bombarded the city.
    • Albanian rebel-held villages were bombarded by government artillery.
    • It appeared US forces quickly took control after coalition warplanes bombarded the city and tanks rolled into the main square.
    • On 12 May 1982, FAS Skyhawks attacked the HMS Glasgow and HMS Brilliant while they were bombarding Port Stanley.
    • Further north, Tomahawk missiles bombarding the city heralded the beginning of the War.
    • I wouldn't have been able to look away if terrorists were bombarding the room and announcing the end of the world, I was that enraptured.
    • Phipps moved four ships in close to shore to bombard the town, but caused little damage.
    • Helicopters and tanks bombarded the same towns around the city on Wednesday evening after similar gunfights led to the death of three soldiers.
    Synonyms
    shell, torpedo, pound, blitz, strafe, pepper, fire at/on, bomb
    assail, attack, assault, raid, batter, blast, pelt
    archaic cannonade, fusillade
    1. 1.1 Subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms, or information.
      they will be bombarded with complaints
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With the Capital being bombarded by brand new radio stations, it was time to call out the old heroes this Tuesday morning.
      • We are bombarded with information every waking moment!
      • It had only been several days after she arrived that she was bombarded with questions as to when her husband was coming.
      • But what about the TV commercials that incessantly bombard living rooms across America?
      • Tom was bombarded with questions and he was getting fed up.
      • The last thing I want to do is bombard people with information too early.
      • Today's children are bombarded with information from television, computers, and video games.
      • Rosin feels that it's best to address the messages that bombard her students.
      • Protesters fear the green light will be given to the proposal but have promised they will continue to bombard environment and health bosses with their concerns.
      • From day one we are now bombarded with information like never before.
      • As children we are bombarded with the question, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’
      • The worm has programmed infected computers to bombard the web site with corrupt data from this Saturday with the intention of forcing it to crash.
      • I'm bombarded with questions and statements and doubts and sympathy.
      • As I was bombarded with more questions and exclamations, I could feel myself starting to lose my temper very fast.
      • But the last thing I wanted to do was bombard her with millions of questions.
      • Denial of service attacks operate by bombarding a Web site with a huge amount of requests.
      • When Taylor got back she was bombarded with questions.
      • We are bombarded with information and the constant pressure of trying to keep up.
      • We are bombarded with too much information, but how much of it is really turned into knowledge?
      • I'm always bombarded with questions after the session.
      Synonyms
      inundate, swamp, flood, deluge, snow under
      besiege, beset, belabour
      bother, pester, plague, harass, badger, hound
      informal hassle
    2. 1.2Physics Direct a stream of high-speed particles at (a substance).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These men experimented by bombarding uranium with neutrons.
      • A young scientist named Henry Moseley experimented with bombarding atoms of different elements with x rays.
      • When we examine protons closely by bombarding them with electrons, we find that they contain plenty of gluons and light quark-antiquark pairs.
      • By 1910 Ernest Rutherford and his collaborators at Manchester had interrogated an atom by bombarding it with heavier particles.
      • The experimenters bombarded a thin gold foil with alpha particles (helium atoms without electrons).
noun ˈbɒmbɑːdˈbɑmˌbɑrd
historical
  • A cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Early siege cannon, or bombards, were heavy and rested in a static mount.
    • In a short time, these small and ineffective weapons developed into massive bombards.
    • Yet for all the muskets, bombards, and cannon, Kelly appears more interested in the impact of gunpowder as a technological force driving deeper societal changes.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus 'booming, humming' (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder.

Rhymes

Assad, aubade, avant-garde, backyard, ballade, bard, Bernard, canard, card, charade, chard, couvade, croustade, Cunard, facade, glissade, guard, hard, ill-starred, interlard, lard, Montagnard, nard, pard, petard, pomade, promenade, regard, rodomontade, roulade, saccade, Sade, salade, sard, shard, unmarred, unscarred, yard
 
 

Definition of bombard in US English:

bombard

verbbɑmˈbɑrdbämˈbärd
[with object]
  • 1Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

    the city was bombarded by federal forces
    supporters bombarded police with bottles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another suburb in the north of the capital was bombarded.
    • One answer of course might be for the Allies to bombard the railway tracks leading to the death camps.
    • The 1950s saw the illegal Suez operation, during which a British warship bombarded Port Said and killed several Egyptian civilians.
    • The Nazi artillery dutifully shelled without mercy, and the Luftwaffe bombarded the streets relentlessly.
    • It appeared US forces quickly took control after coalition warplanes bombarded the city and tanks rolled into the main square.
    • From my area we could see aeroplanes bombarding the centre of Santiago.
    • They could bombard the city from the outskirts but could not occupy it without unacceptable losses.
    • Two years ago, the major part of the war was all about bombarding us with smart bombs and high-tech missiles.
    • On 12 May 1982, FAS Skyhawks attacked the HMS Glasgow and HMS Brilliant while they were bombarding Port Stanley.
    • Phipps moved four ships in close to shore to bombard the town, but caused little damage.
    • Helicopters and tanks bombarded the same towns around the city on Wednesday evening after similar gunfights led to the death of three soldiers.
    • Further north, Tomahawk missiles bombarding the city heralded the beginning of the War.
    • Albanian rebel-held villages were bombarded by government artillery.
    • For a second night, the Marines called in a gunship to bombard insurgent positions.
    • Tanks rolled into the main square overnight after coalition warplanes bombarded the city.
    • The Hague Convention, Article Four, states that you are not allowed to bombard uninhabited villages or villages that are not occupied by defendants.
    • There was no immediate word on casualties after US warplanes and artillery bombarded the city.
    • I wouldn't have been able to look away if terrorists were bombarding the room and announcing the end of the world, I was that enraptured.
    • Co-ordinated with a small parachute drop, it forced the Romanians to abandon the positions from which they were bombarding the port.
    • Government forces used mortars, helicopter gunships and airplanes to bombard rebel positions.
    Synonyms
    shell, torpedo, pound, blitz, strafe, pepper, fire at, fire on, bomb
    1. 1.1 Assail (someone) persistently, as with questions, criticisms, or information.
      they will be bombarded with complaints
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Today's children are bombarded with information from television, computers, and video games.
      • We are bombarded with information and the constant pressure of trying to keep up.
      • Tom was bombarded with questions and he was getting fed up.
      • As I was bombarded with more questions and exclamations, I could feel myself starting to lose my temper very fast.
      • Denial of service attacks operate by bombarding a Web site with a huge amount of requests.
      • I'm always bombarded with questions after the session.
      • The last thing I want to do is bombard people with information too early.
      • Protesters fear the green light will be given to the proposal but have promised they will continue to bombard environment and health bosses with their concerns.
      • I'm bombarded with questions and statements and doubts and sympathy.
      • We are bombarded with too much information, but how much of it is really turned into knowledge?
      • But the last thing I wanted to do was bombard her with millions of questions.
      • When Taylor got back she was bombarded with questions.
      • From day one we are now bombarded with information like never before.
      • With the Capital being bombarded by brand new radio stations, it was time to call out the old heroes this Tuesday morning.
      • It had only been several days after she arrived that she was bombarded with questions as to when her husband was coming.
      • Rosin feels that it's best to address the messages that bombard her students.
      • The worm has programmed infected computers to bombard the web site with corrupt data from this Saturday with the intention of forcing it to crash.
      • As children we are bombarded with the question, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’
      • But what about the TV commercials that incessantly bombard living rooms across America?
      • We are bombarded with information every waking moment!
      Synonyms
      inundate, swamp, flood, deluge, snow under
    2. 1.2Physics Direct a high-speed stream of particles at (a substance).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These men experimented by bombarding uranium with neutrons.
      • When we examine protons closely by bombarding them with electrons, we find that they contain plenty of gluons and light quark-antiquark pairs.
      • By 1910 Ernest Rutherford and his collaborators at Manchester had interrogated an atom by bombarding it with heavier particles.
      • The experimenters bombarded a thin gold foil with alpha particles (helium atoms without electrons).
      • A young scientist named Henry Moseley experimented with bombarding atoms of different elements with x rays.
nounˈbämˌbärdˈbɑmˌbɑrd
historical
  • A cannon of the earliest type, which originally fired a stone ball.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet for all the muskets, bombards, and cannon, Kelly appears more interested in the impact of gunpowder as a technological force driving deeper societal changes.
    • In a short time, these small and ineffective weapons developed into massive bombards.
    • Early siege cannon, or bombards, were heavy and rested in a static mount.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’ (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder.

 
 
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