blockbuster

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈblɑkˌbʌs.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
  2. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb. informal
    — He was watching the blockbuster film series Harry Potter.
  3. Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale informal
    — "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" is lusty, a blockbuster conception.
  4. Anything very large or powerful; a whopper. slang
    — “How nice," she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache. I'm paying for last night. Call me tomorrow, will you?"
  5. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
  6. One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property). US
    — Whereas White residents fell prey to blockbusters who stoked fears of invading Negroes and plummeting housing values during the 1950s, African Americans confronted more-than-imagined difficulties in neighborhoods after the 1968 riots.

词形变化

blockbusters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blockbuster drug blockbusterish blockbusterize bonkbuster knockbuster megablockbuster mockbuster nonblockbuster schlockbuster
相关词
block blockbust bunker buster bust dambuster

词源

From block + buster, referring originally to aerial bombs capable of destroying a whole block of buildings.
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