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单词 thunder
释义
thunder
noun
uk
/ˈθʌn.dər/us
/ˈθʌn.dɚ/
B1[U]
thesuddenloudnoisethat comes from theskyespeciallyduring astorm:
雷，雷声
aclapof thunder一声雷响
thunderandlightning雷电
[S]
acontinuousloudnoise:
雷鸣般的响声，轰隆声
I couldn'thearwhat he was saying over the thunderofthewaterfall.瀑布震天响，我听不清他说的话。
More examples
  • There was aclapof thunder and then itstartedtopourwithrain.
  • Thelightningflashedanddistantthunderrolled.
  • Aloudpealof thunderwokehim fromrestlesssleep.
  • Aloudclapof thunder made theherdstampede.
  • Aloudcrashof thunderbrokethesilenceof thenight.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: stormy weather
  • angrily
  • blizzard
  • blow over
  • bolt
  • bomb cyclone
  • bombogenesis
  • cyclogenesis
  • derecho
  • electrical storm
  • elemental
  • hurricane
  • sheet lightning
  • storm cloud
  • tempestuously
  • thundersnow
  • thunderstorm
  • thundery
  • tornado
  • weather bomb
  • whirlwind
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Sound & its properties

Idiom

have a face like thunder
thunder
verb
uk
/ˈθʌn.dər/us
/ˈθʌn.dɚ/
[I]
When it thunders, aloudnoisecomes from thesky:
打雷
Theskygrewdarkand itstartedto thunder.天色变暗，开始打雷了。
[I+ adv/prep]
tomove, making a lot ofnoise:
轰隆隆地移动
Thetrainthundered past,shakingthewholehouse.火车轰隆隆驶过，整个房子都晃动起来。
[I]
toshoutangrily:
怒吼
[+ speech]"I neverwanttoseeyou here again!" he thundered.“我再也不想在这儿见到你！”他怒吼道。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: stormy weather
  • angrily
  • blizzard
  • blow over
  • bolt
  • bomb cyclone
  • bombogenesis
  • cyclogenesis
  • derecho
  • electrical storm
  • elemental
  • hurricane
  • sheet lightning
  • storm cloud
  • tempestuously
  • thundersnow
  • thunderstorm
  • thundery
  • tornado
  • weather bomb
  • whirlwind
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General words for movement
Noise & noisy
Shouting & screaming

Related word

thundering
(Definition ofthunderfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

thunder| American Dictionary

thunder
noun[U]
us
/ˈθʌn·dər/
thesudden,loudnoisethat comes after aflashoflightning:
aclapof thunder
thunder
verb[I]
us
/ˈθʌn·dər/
toproducethunder after aflashoflightning:
Theskygrewdarkand itstartedto thunder.
Thehorsesthunderedpast(=movedmaking a lot ofnoise),shakingthehouse.
(Definition ofthunderfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthunder

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The trumpeting of eclecticism, therefore, thunders as a testimony to intent but perhaps heralds little else.
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The only way is forward into the barrage of cannon fire that volleys and thunders from either side.
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A crown accepted in such a hugger-mugger fashion, with no onlookers and no opportunity for a great and thundering speech, would be a crown devalued, indeed meaningless.
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The pandemonium of recurrent activity that ensues and the electrophysiological consequences of the thundering returning cortical echo to the thalamus are treated in these last chapters.
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Many towards the rear bolted, but they had to bolt fast indeed to remain ahead of that thundering charge; and the river hemmed them in on their right.
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Why should the urban masses work hard and get ahead, thundered temperance advocates, when they could help themselves to free lunch, a warm stove, and a roaring drunk?
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Through the years, as he leapt back and forth on the stage and thundered out his sermons, life had been draining out of him through the running fistulae.
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The storm rushed over the fairgrounds carrying the deafening explosion of electricity andthunder.
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Jarred awake by a sudden clap ofthunder, she found herself pregnant, and soon after, bore a supernatural child.
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As soon as the paddles plunged into the river, fiercethundershook the land.
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Thethunderand lightning storm is a real one coming across from the mainland.
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In 1989, it was proved thatthunderis not caused by the thermal expansion of the lightning channel.
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Men are made of rock andthunder: threat of storm to labor under.
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Their presence was all the more sinister amidst the approachingthunderof anticlericalism.
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The theme is worked up into a massive texture of blaring trumpets and thundering percussion.
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