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单词 buzz bomb
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Definition of buzz bomb in English:

buzz bomb

nounˈbʌz bɒmˈbəz ˌbɑm
informal
  • A small pilotless aircraft with an explosive warhead, especially a V-1.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • German VI rockets or ‘buzz bombs’ were an increasing threat and killed scores of Wrens who slept in cellars for protection.
    • Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target.
    • Posted to France, he was hit by a buzz bomb and his mates, thinking him dead, took him to the mortuary.
    • The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb.
    • The small London row house where Edith, Muriel's father's sister lived had been hit by a buzz bomb and the second floor was unlivable.
 
 

Definition of buzz bomb in US English:

buzz bomb

nounˈbəz ˌbɑmˈbəz ˌbäm
informal
  • A robot bomb, especially the German V-1 used during World War II.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb.
    • Posted to France, he was hit by a buzz bomb and his mates, thinking him dead, took him to the mortuary.
    • Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target.
    • The small London row house where Edith, Muriel's father's sister lived had been hit by a buzz bomb and the second floor was unlivable.
    • German VI rockets or ‘buzz bombs’ were an increasing threat and killed scores of Wrens who slept in cellars for protection.
 
 
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