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单词 thunderbolt
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thunderbolt
noun
uk
/ˈθʌn.də.bəʊlt/us
/ˈθʌn.dɚ.boʊlt/

thunderboltnoun(THUNDER)

[C]
aflashoflightningand thesoundofthundertogether
雷电，霹雳
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: stormy weather
  • angrily
  • blizzard
  • blow over
  • bolt
  • bomb cyclone
  • bombogenesis
  • cyclogenesis
  • derecho
  • electrical storm
  • hurricane
  • sheet lightning
  • storm cloud
  • tempestuously
  • thunder
  • thundersnow
  • thunderstorm
  • thundery
  • tornado
  • weather bomb
  • whirlwind
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thunderboltnoun(SURPRISE/SHOCK)

[S]
anannouncement,event, orideathat iscompletelyunexpectedorshocking:
晴天霹雳；出人意料的突发事件；令人震惊的情况
Thenewsof thelayoffswas a thunderbolt thatleftus allreeling.裁员的消息对于我们犹如晴天霹雳。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a surprise
  • surpriseThe announcement that she was leaving the post was a surprise to us all.
  • shockIt will be a terrible shock if their income is cut.
  • kickerUSThe kicker is that even after six rounds of interviews, she still wasn't a finalist for the job.
  • a rude awakeningShe'll be in for a rude awakening when she has to pay her own bills.
  • eye-openerHis unauthorized biography was a real eye-opener.
  • news to meSarah is leaving? Well that's news to me.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surprising and shocking
  • amaze
  • amazing
  • amazingly
  • astonish
  • astonishing
  • blinding
  • dynamite
  • earth-shattering
  • earth-shatteringly
  • earthshakingly
  • overtake
  • shock tactics
  • shocking
  • springsomethingonsomeone
  • stagger
  • staggering
  • staggeringly
  • stun
  • the darnedest thingidiom
  • world-shattering
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(Definition ofthunderboltfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

thunderbolt| American Dictionary

thunderbolt
noun[C]
us
/ˈθʌn·dərˌboʊlt/
aflashoflightning,esp. with thesoundofthunder
(Definition ofthunderboltfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fire in one of its most sensorily arresting forms is the "thunderbolt," which "pilots all things".
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Pleasing, too, is the notion of love as a gradual development rather than athunderbolt.
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Thethunderbolt, when it came, took everyone by surprise.
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She says that thethunderboltstrikes the oak but leaves the myrtle; in other words it discriminates in punishing the lofty or exceptionally vicious, but spares the ordinary or commonplace.
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Political assassinations do not come out of a clear sky any more than do thunderbolts.
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A second lesson of which we would do well to take note is that surprise attacks can come like thunderbolts out of a blue sky.
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The more thunderbolts he hurls the more we welcome it.
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In war, the clouds never blow over; they gather increasingly and fall in thunderbolts.
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If the necessary measures are not taken, they turn into thunderbolts and fall on your heads.
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I remember the night when we debated that because there was a bad storm and thunderbolts were bouncing off the roof above the room in which we were meeting.
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Thunderbolts are the result of a thicker and more violent air flow.
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When opening, its first mascot was the thunderbolts.
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Foil premium cards are partially shiny, having thunderbolts and stars as theme for the additional covering.
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They can accelerate like 009 using the switch in their teeth and with the help of their eyes can fire thunderbolts.
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The inside and outside of his house is blue and it is adorned with thunderbolts.
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