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nuke (n.)
[nuke 词源字典]
short for
nuclear weapon
, 1959, U.S. military slang (see
nuclear
). The verb is attested from 1962; the slang sense of "to cook in a microwave oven" is from 1987. Related:
Nuked
;
nuking
.
[nuke etymology, nuke origin, 英语词源]