单词 | thunder-clap |
释义 | thunder-clapn. a. A clap or loud crash of thunder; formerly also, a thunderstroke. Often allusively used: cf. c. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > thunder > thunder-clap denta1300 dintc1374 thunder-clapc1386 thunder-blasta1400 thunder-crackc1450 clap1509 thundering1526 rear1567 thunder bounce1629 thunder-peal1804 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋100 The Eyr..shal be ful of thonder clappes and lightnynges. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine liv. 218 Since it hath pleased..God to terrifie with his thunderclaps our feeble hearts. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Vincent of Beauvais in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 60 He was afterward slaine by a thunderclap. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 45 This Answer was like a Thunderclap. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 15 The Thunder-claps were within a few minutes of one another. 1861 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. xi. 161 The massacre of Scio burst upon us like a thunder~clap. 1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. i. 17 The loudest thunder-clap..would produce such a concussion of the air. b. transferred of other loud noises. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise chirma800 dina1000 utas1202 noise?c1225 nurthc1225 dinninga1400 glama1400 glavera1400 reer?a1400 reirdc1400 dunch1440 steveningc1440 rebound1457 bruit?1473 alarm1489 yell1509 gild?a1513 shout?a1513 reveriea1522 routa1522 thundering1560 rumouringc1563 dinrie?1566 rear1567 fray1568 thunder-crack1595 thunder1600 fanfarea1605 fragor1605 clamour1606 thunder-clap1610 obstrepency1623 tonitruation1658 randana1661 clarion1667 leden1674 bluster1724 salvoa1734 ding1750 row1753 tonance1778 dunder1780 chang1788 blare1807 flare1815 detonation1830 trump1848 trumpeting1850 foghorn1875 yammer1932 1610 R. Niccols Winter Night's Vision: King Arthur xxx The thunder claps of clashing armes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator 40 ¶6 With what Thunder-claps of Applause he leaves the Stage. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iv. 65 And steepled cities stun the hollow sky With thunderclaps of bells as they go by. c. figurative. A sudden startling or terrifying occurrence, act, utterance, or piece of news. (Cf. thunderbolt n. 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] cursea1050 malisonc1300 woea1425 evil thee1509 thunderbolt1559 vae1559 thunder-crack1577 ban1590 wish1597 anathema1603 imprecation1603 execration1605 thunder-clap1610 deprecationa1661 effulminationa1670 Maranatha1769 winze1786 cuss1829 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 sailor's farewell1937 the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation oatha1225 malisonc1300 reproach1485 thunderbolt1559 revilement1577 thunder-crack1577 revile1579 ban1590 wish1597 thunder-clap1610 expletive1647 rapper1675 cuss1771 winze1786 Goddammit1800 goddam1828 dirty word1842 blank1854 emphatic1868 swear1871 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 goldarn1879 swear-word1883 rounder1885 curse-word1897 dang1906 sailor's farewell1937 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > thunder or lightning as a destructive agency thunderc893 thunder-dintc1374 thunder-flonec1380 thunder-blasta1400 thunderboltc1440 thunder-stone1598 thunder-clap1610 thunderstrokea1616 trisulc1637 thunder-ball1820 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [noun] > violent thunderc1380 fulmination1502 thunderbolt1559 thundering1564 thunder-crack1577 thunder-clap1610 thunder-blast1884 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise marvelc1300 miracle1586 surprise1592 bricolea1631 surprisal1660 thunderbolt1787 startle1823 start1825 startler1829 eye-opener1833 a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837 shock1841 thunder-clap1852 startlement1867 staggerer1872 thunderstroke1880 Scarborough warning1890 surprise packet1900 bombshell1926 curveball1936 turn-up1942 a turn-up for the book(s)1948 conversation stopper1959 left turn1986 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 243 Untill that fatall thunder-clap [the Dissolution] overthrew all the Monasteries of England. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 331 A thunderclap was heard..anathematizing Elharu-Esed. 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. II. v. 49 A thunder-clap burst open and astonished Europe; Buonaparte had escaped from Elba. 1886 G. Allen For Maimie's Sake xxvii It was as great a thunder-clap to me as to you. Draft additions September 2021 thunderclap headache n. a type of headache characterized by severe pain of very sudden onset, which is often but not exclusively associated with a serious underlying condition or disease, esp. haemorrhage from a blood vessel within or on the surface of the brain. ΚΠ 1986 J. W. Day & N. H. Raskin in Lancet 29 Nov. 1247/2 Thunderclap headache: symptom of unruptured cerebral aneurysm. 1991 Sunday Tel. 18 Aug. (Revew section) p. iv/8 A splitting ‘thunderclap’ headache precipitated by sudden exertion is likely to be interpreted by its victim as fairly ominous. 2012 P. Rizzoli et al. Migraine Solution i. 17 Since it can be hard to tell the difference between the dangerous and benign causes of thunderclap headaches, it's prudent to go to a doctor or hospital for evaluation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1386 |
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