Molotov cocktail
noun🔊/ˌmɒlətɒf ˈkɒkteɪl/
🔊/ˌmɑːlətɔːf ˈkɑːkteɪl/
(British English also petrol bomb)
a simple bomb that consists of a bottle filled with petrol and a piece of cloth in the end that is made to burn just before the bomb is thrown 瓶装汽油弹；莫洛托夫燃烧瓶 Word Originfrom the name of Vyacheslav Molotov, who led the Soviet campaign against Finland in 1939–40, when such weapons were used by the Finns.