bomb-sheil /'bDmJel; NAmE
'ba:m-/ noun [usually sing.] {informal)
1 an event or a piece of news which is unexpected and usually unpleasant 出乎意料的事情，
意外f肖息（常指不幸）：TTie news o/his death came as a bombsfteH.他去世的消息令人震惊。◊ She dropped a bombshell
at the meeting and announced that she was having.她在会上宣布了令人吃惊初消息，说她将要离
开。2 a blond(e) bombshell a very attractive woman with blonde hair ▲:发|| 女.
bomb-sight /'bDmsait; NAmE 'ba:m-/ noun a device used in an
aircraft for aiming bombs (飞机的）轰炸瞒
准器
'bomb
site noun an area where all the buildings have been
destroyed by bombs.差炸后的废墟
Bon /bun; ba:n/ (also O-Bon /au 'bun;
AMmf ou
'ba:n/) noun [U] a Japanese Buddhist festival that takes place in
August, when people show respect to the dead 盂兰盆会，盆会（日本又于八月份追念亡灵的佛教节日）
tyjJl Festival of the Dead, Lantern Festival bona fide /.bauna 'faidi; NAmE .boune/ adj. [usually before noun] (from Latin) genuine, real or legal; not false 真诚的；真实的；合法沾：a bona/ide reason貪正原因〇 Js ft a bonareputabZe
organization?这是不是个合
法的、g得信赖的机构？
bona tides /.bauna 'faidiiz; NAmE .bouna/ noun [pi.] (from Latin) evidence that sb is
who they say that they are; evidence that sb/sth is honest 真诚；信# * . bon-anza /ba'naenza/ noun [sing.] 1 a situation in which people can make a lot of money or be very successful
发财（或成功）的机遇：a cash bonanza/or investors 投备者知#*机.去:◊ a bonanza year/or the computer industry if 算iflik兴旺发达的一年 2 a situation where there is a iarge amount of sth pleasant 兴盛；繁荣the usual bonanza of sport in the summer 贯热潮
bon-bon /'bDnbDn; NAmE 'barnbain/ noun a sweet/ candy, especially one with a soft centre (尤指软夹心
的.）糖果
bonce /bmis; ba:ns/ nou/7 (阶£，//i/omjfl/) a per-
son’s head 人头
bond /bond; NAmE ba:nd/ noun, verb ■ noun
►
STRONG CONNECTION
牢固的联系 1 [C] ~ (between A and
B) something that forms a connection between people or groups, such as a feeling of
friendship or shared ideas and experiences纽带；联系；苯紊；契合：
A bond of friendship had been
forged between them. 他们之间形成了一种友谊的纽带。◊ r/ie agreement strengthened
the bonds between the two countries. 加强了 两国:间的联系。◊ the specfaZ bond between
mother and chi〖d母子问的独特关系
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MONEY 钱 2 [cran agreement .by a government or a company to pay you interest on
the money you have lent; a document containing this agreement 债券；‘公债
—see also junk bond 3 [U] (/aw 律）（巴pec/fl//y /V/Amf) a sum of
money that is paid as bail 命*金：He was rdeased on 55 000 bond•他以 5 000 元取保释放。
4 [C] (also 'mortgage bond) {SAfrE) a legal agreement by which a bank lends
you money to buy a house, etc. which you pay back over many years; the sum of
money that is lent按揭贷款协议；按揭贷款:to pay
a bond 偿清按揭贷款◊ We had to tafce out a second .bond on the property.我们得申请第二按揭以购买这个房产。‘ ◊ bond rates (= of interest)按揭贷款利率
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ROPES/CHAINS 绳索：锋条 5 bonds [pi.]
(/bmw/) the
ropes or chains keeping sb prisoner; anything that stops
you from being free to do .what you want 捆绑犯 人的绳索（或镣铐 > ;羁绊；桎梏：to rdeasesb介om their bonds 〇 the bonds of oppression/
injustice压迫/不公正如枷锁
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LEGAL AGREEMENT 法律协圮 6 [C] (/ornifl/) a legal written agreement or promise矣面的&律协定（或承诺）：We entered into a soiemn bond•我们缔结了一项严肃的协定。
J〇丨N 结合 7 [C] the way in which two things are joined
together 连 g ;结合：a )iirm bond between tAe two su/faces *个面之间的牢固接合
CHEMISTRY 化学 8 [C] .the way in which atoms are held together
in a chemical compound 键合；键