- Thunder is the loud noise that comes right after lightning. It also can refer to a loud, booming sound, or mean to move heavily but quickly.
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- n. 雷；轰隆声
- v. 打雷；怒喝
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1. the rumble of distant thunder
远处雷声隆隆
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2. a clap of thunder, a crash of thunder
一声霹雳；一声巨雷
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3. Thunder crashed in the sky.
霹雳在空中炸响。
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4. the thunder of hooves
隆隆的马蹄声
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5. A voice thundered in my ear.
一个震耳欲聋的声音在我耳边响起。
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6. He thundered against the evils of television.
他大声谴责电视的种种坏处。
- thunder (n.) mid-13c., from Old English þunor "thunder, thunderclap; the god Thor," from Proto-Germanic *thunraz (source also of Old Norse þorr, Old Frisian thuner, Middle Dutch donre, Dutch donder, Old High German donar, German Donner "thunder"), from PIE *(s)tene- "to resound, thunder" (source also of Sanskrit tanayitnuh "thundering," Persian tundar "thunder," Latin tonare "to thunder"). Swedish tordön is literally "Thor's din." The unetymological -d- also is found in Dutch and Icelandic versions of the word (compare sound (n.1)). Thunder-stick, imagined word used by primitive peoples for "gun," attested from 1904.
- thunder (v.) 13c., from Old English þunrian, from the source of thunder (n.). Figurative sense of "to speak loudly, threateningly, or bombastically" is recorded from mid-14c. Related: Thundered; thundering. Compare Dutch donderen, German donnern.
thun·der / ˈθʌndə(r) ; NAmE ˈθʌndər / noun , verb thunder thunders thundered thundering noun [uncountable ] 1 the loud noise that you hear after a flash of lightning,during a storm 雷；雷声 ◆ the rumble of distant thunder 远处雷声隆隆 ◆ a clap/crash/roll of thunder 一声霹雳；一声巨雷；雷声隆隆 ◆ Thunder crashed in the sky. 霹雳在空中炸响。 ☞ collocationsat weather 2 a loud noise like thunder 雷鸣般的响声；轰隆声 ◆ the thunder of hooves 隆隆的马蹄声 IDIOMsee face n. , steal v. verb 1 [intransitive ] when it thunders,there is a loud noise in the sky during a storm 打雷 2 [intransitive ] to make a very loud deep noise 发出雷鸣般响声；轰隆隆地响 SYN roar ◆ A voice thundered in my ear. 一个震耳欲聋的声音在我耳边响起。 ◆ thundering traffic 轰隆隆的来往车辆 3 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to move very fast and with a loud deep noise 轰隆隆地快速移动 SYN roar ◆ Heavy trucks kept thundering past. 重型卡车不断地隆隆驶过。 4 [transitive ] thundersth + adv./prep. ( informal) to make sth move somewhere very fast 使快速移动 ◆ Essien thundered the ball past the goalie. 埃辛砰地一脚将球踢过了守门员。 5 [intransitive , transitive ] ( literary) to shout, complain, etc. very loudly and angrily 怒喝；大声斥责 thunder(sth) ◆ He thundered against the evils of television. 他大声谴责电视的种种坏处。 + speech ◆ ‘Sit still!’ she thundered. “坐着别动！”她怒喝道。 thun·der / ˈθʌndə(r) ; NAmE ˈθʌndər /
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