Definition

1. Noun:
   • Bomb: A weapon with great destructive power, typically dropped from an aircraft. Its casing is often made of brittle metal and contains explosives, incendiary materials, or chemical/biological agents.
   • (Regional, colloquial) Apple: Refers specifically to a Western apple (Malus domestica).

Usage Examples

• Noun (Bomb):
  • Thành phố bị tàn phá bởi những quả bom. (The city was devastated by bombs.)
  • Máy bay địch đang thả bom. (Enemy planes are dropping bombs.)
• Noun (Apple):
  • Mẹ mua một cân bom về làm salad. (Mom bought a kilogram of apples to make salad.)
  • Trẻ con rất thích ăn bom. (Children love to eat apples.)

Advanced Usage

• "bom tấn": Literally "blockbuster bomb," used to describe a hugely successful and high-budget film, song, or cultural product.
  • Bộ phim mới của đạo diễn đó là một bom tấn điện ảnh. (That director's new film is a cinematic blockbuster.)
• "nổ như bom": To explode like a bomb; used figuratively to describe news or information that causes a great shock or surprise.
  • Tin đó vừa được tiết lộ và nổ như bom trên mạng xã hội. (That news was just revealed and exploded like a bomb on social media.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bom nguyên tử (noun): Atomic bomb.
• Bom hẹn giờ (noun): Time bomb (also used figuratively for a latent, dangerous situation).
• Bom tạ (noun): General-purpose bomb, iron bomb.
• Ném bom (verb phrase): To bomb, to drop bombs.
• Oanh tạc (verb): To bombard, to strafe (a more formal/military term for aerial bombing).

Synonyms

• Bomb (as a weapon): Trái phá (an older or more literary term for an explosive shell or bomb), đạn (shell, projectile, but not exactly synonymous).
• Apple: Táo tây (Western apple), táo (apple - the more common and standard term).

Related Phrases (Verb Combinations)

• Bom hàng (colloquial): To "bomb" goods; to buy a very large quantity of something, often in sales.
  • Cô ấy bom hàng trong đợt giảm giá. (She went on a massive shopping spree during the sale.)
• Bom xăng (colloquial): To "bomb" gasoline; to fill up a vehicle's fuel tank completely.
  • Anh ấy dừng lại bom xăng trước chuyến đi dài. (He stopped to fill up the tank before the long trip.)

Related Idioms

• (Chuyện) nổ bom: A "bomb" of a story; refers to shocking, scandalous news.
  • Vụ việc của công ty đó thực sự là một chuyện nổ bom. (That company's incident is truly scandalous/bombshell news.)
• Tiền bom (slang): "Bomb" money; a very large amount of money.
  • Dự án đó cần một số tiền bom để khởi động. (That project needs a bomb [a huge amount] of money to start.)

noun

1. Bomb
2. bomb
   • bom cháy
     an incendiary bomb, a fire bomb
   • bom phá
     a demolition bomb
   • bom sát thương
     an antipersonnel bomb
   • bom nổ chậm
     a time bomb, a delayed-action bomb
   • máy bay ném bom
     a bomber