carpet-bomb
carpet-bomb — 名詞
1. A bomb released as one of many in an attack that covers an entire area, designed
地毯式炸彈
地毯式轟炸中投下的大量炸彈之一
A bomb released as one of many in an attack that covers an entire area, designed to leave nothing undamaged.
The museum displayed a rusted carpet-bomb found in a field near Dresden.
博物館展示了一枚在德勒斯登附近田野發現的生鏽地毯式炸彈。
collocation: rusted carpet-bomb
Historians estimate that over a thousand carpet-bombs fell on the city that night.
歷史學家估計，那晚有超過一千枚地毯式炸彈落在該城市。
Hannes found a carpet-bomb casing in the rubble of his uncle's shop.
Hannes 在他叔叔店鋪的廢墟中發現了一個地毯式炸彈的外殼。
Clara's grandfather still carried shrapnel from a carpet-bomb that hit his village.
Clara 的祖父身上仍留有擊中他村莊的地毯式炸彈碎片。
The unexploded carpet-bomb lay buried under the school playground for sixty years.
那枚未爆的地毯式炸彈埋在學校操場下長達六十年。
用法筆記
The noun form is rare; almost all uses of 'carpet-bomb' are as a verb. When you encounter this word, it nearly always describes the action (verb/1 or verb/2), not one of the bombs dropped.
carpet-bomb — 動詞
- carpet-bombpresent simple I / you / we / they
- carpet-bombshe / she / it
- carpet-bombedpast simple
- carpet-bombing-ing form
1. To attack an entire area by dropping many bombs across it, so that every part is
地毯式轟炸
對整個區域投下大量炸彈，徹底摧毀
To attack an entire area by dropping many bombs across it, so that every part is hit and nothing survives.
Allied planes carpet-bombed the industrial district for three nights without stopping.
盟軍飛機連續三夜地毯式轟炸工業區。
transitive: carpet-bomb + [area]
The general ordered his squadron to carpet-bomb the supply routes before dawn.
將軍命令他的中隊在黎明前地毯式轟炸補給路線。
Entire neighbourhoods were carpet-bombed during the final weeks of the war.
在戰爭的最後幾週，整個社區遭到地毯式轟炸。
Diego read a memoir about a pilot who had to carpet-bomb civilian areas.
Diego 讀了一本回憶錄，關於一名不得不地毯式轟炸平民區的飛行員。
Military historians still debate the decision to carpet-bomb Dresden in 1945.
軍事歷史學家仍在爭論一九四五年地毯式轟炸德勒斯登的決定。
- bomb
general term for dropping explosives; carries no implication of covering an entire area
- bombard
to attack continuously with bombs or other projectiles; can also be used figuratively
- shell
to attack with artillery shells from the ground or sea, not from aircraft
- strafe
to attack with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft, targeting people or vehicles rather than destroying whole areas
文法句型
carpet-bomb + area/place
用法筆記
Distinguish from verb/2: this is the literal military sense involving actual bombs. The object is always a place or area, never a person.
常見錯誤
2. To direct a huge volume of messages, adverts, or information at someone, typical
訊息轟炸
向某人密集發送大量資訊或廣告
To direct a huge volume of messages, adverts, or information at someone, typically to push them into buying something or agreeing to something.
The company carpet-bombed subscribers with twelve promotional emails in one week.
該公司一週內用十二封促銷郵件對訂閱者進行訊息轟炸。
pattern: carpet-bomb + [person] + with + [content]
During the campaign, voters were carpet-bombed with attack ads on social media.
競選期間，選民在社群媒體上遭到攻擊性廣告的訊息轟炸。
passive: be carpet-bombed with [content]
Ruth complained that the charity carpet-bombed her with requests for more money.
Ruth 抱怨該慈善機構對她進行訊息轟炸，不斷要求更多捐款。
The streaming service carpet-bombed Amir with recommendations after he watched one film.
Amir 才看了一部電影，串流服務就用大量推薦對他進行訊息轟炸。
Political groups carpet-bombed every household in the district with contradictory leaflets.
政治團體對該區每戶家庭進行訊息轟炸，發送互相矛盾的傳單。
- bombard
same figurative pattern: 'bombard someone with questions/emails'; slightly less intense than carpet-bomb
- inundate
to overwhelm with a large volume; more formal, used in writing and formal speech
- spam
informal; specifically for unwanted digital messages; narrower scope than carpet-bomb
- flood
to send a large volume; less aggressive in tone; 'flood someone's inbox'
文法句型
carpet-bomb + person + with + information/ads
用法筆記
Frequently used in the pattern 'carpet-bomb someone with something'. The subject is typically a company, organization, or political campaign, not an individual person. Common in marketing and political contexts.