Bombing
新闻里常指军事行动或恐怖袭击中的轰炸；口语里 “a bombing at the box office” 表示票房惨败。动词为 “bomb”。
- “The city suffered heavy bombing during the conflict.” (冲突期间这座城市遭受猛烈轰炸。)
- “Police are treating the explosion as a possible bombing.” (警方将爆炸当作可能的炸弹袭击处理。)
- “The sequel was a total bombing with critics and audiences.” (这部续集在评论家和观众那里都彻底扑街。)
“bomb” 源自法语 bombe，与希腊语 bombos（低沉轰鸣）有关，指爆炸装置或轰炸行为。
“bomb” 加动名词后缀 “-ing” 表示行为或事件。
国际新闻与历史叙述中常见；口语中娱乐业用 “bomb” 表示失败，语气较随意，与严肃意义的「轰炸」需分清语境。
- 固定搭配: “suicide bombing” (自杀式爆炸袭击), “aerial bombing” (空袭)
- 动词: bomb；名词: bomb
bomb（炸弹）+ -ing（行为）→ 扔炸弹、被炸的过程或事件。
“Documentaries showed how civilians rebuilt their lives after the bombing stopped.” (纪录片展示了轰炸停止后平民如何重建生活。)