bombshell 的意思
震惊的消息;轰动事件;意外的消息
bombshell 的词源
bombshell(n.)
“bomb-shell”这个词最早出现在1708年,指的是“从迫击炮发射的炮弹,落地后会爆炸”。它由bomb(炮弹)和shell(外壳)组合而成。
BOMB, or BOMB SHELL, now called simply Shell (Fr. Bombe). A hollow iron ball or shell filled with gunpowder, having a vent or fuze-hole into which a fuzee is fitted to set the powder on fire after the shell is thrown out of a mortar. This destructive missile is intended to do injury both by its force in falling, and by bursting after it falls. [Arthur Young, "Nautical Dictionary," London, 1863]
“炮弹”或“炮弹壳”,现在通常简称为Shell(法语:Bombe)。这是一种中空的铁球或壳体,内部装满火药,外部有一个通气孔或引信孔,向其中装入引信,炮弹被从迫击炮中发射后,引信点燃火药。这种致命的弹药旨在通过其落下时的冲击力和落地后爆炸造成伤害。[亚瑟·杨,《航海词典》,伦敦,1863年]
“炮弹”在比喻意义上,指“令人震惊或毁灭性的事物或事件”,这一用法在1859年被记录。用来形容“具有惊人活力或身材的美丽女性”,尤其是金发女郎,这一用法在1942年被记录。Bombshell作为电影标题,出现在1933年,讲述的是美国女演员简·哈洛(1911-1937年)的故事,据信该片在某种程度上是基于银幕明星克拉拉·鲍的生活。
The producers of the current hilarious Jean Harlow-Lee Tracy photoplay were not satisfied with the original title "Bombshell" so they renamed it "The Blond Bombshell." We wonder, in passing, why they didn't call it "The Private Life of Clara Bow" originally and let it go at that. [The Oklahoma News, Nov. 19, 1933]
当前这部由简·哈洛和李·特雷西主演的搞笑电影,制作方对原定标题“Bombshell”并不满意,于是将其改名为“The Blond Bombshell”。我们不禁想知道,他们为什么最初不叫它“The Private Life of Clara Bow”,然后就这样定下来呢?[《俄克拉荷马新闻》,1933年11月19日]
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