1708, from bomb (n.) + shell (n.). The figurative sense of "shattering or devastating thing or event" attested from 1860. In reference to a pretty woman (especially a blonde) it is attested from 1942 ("Bombshell" as title of a movie starring blond U.S. actress Jean Harlow (1911-1937) is from 1933).
权威例句
1. The police told me. It was a bombshell. I had no idea.
是警察告诉我的。我很震惊,完全没想到。
2. His resignation after thirteen years is a political bombshell.
他任职13年后提出辞职,这在政治上轰动一时。
3. He dropped the bombshell. He told me he was dying.
他的话犹如一枚重磅炸弹。他告诉我他要死了。
4. The news of his death came as a bombshell.
他去世的消息令人震惊。
5. Then she dropped her bombshell. " I'm pregnant.