thunderstroken.

/ˈθʌndəstrəʊk/

Forms: see thunder n. and stroke n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: thunder n., stroke n.¹

Etymology: < thunder n. + stroke n.¹

a. A stroke of ‘thunder’ (cf. thunder n. 1b); the impact of a lightning-flash.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 209 They fell together..as by a Thunder-stroke .

1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 5 The lofty Cedar, and the knotty Oak, Are subject more unto the thunder~stroak, Than the low shrubs.

1844 E. B. Barrett Dead Pan in Poems II. 264 At the rushing thunderstroke would No sob tremble through the tree?

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 454 The others cutting woords which are the thunderstroks dubbled [Fr. coups de tonnerre redoublez].

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xiii. §4 During the first assault of passion as under a thunder-stroke the sentiments of virtue may yield for a moment.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. i. 77 When all the loud artillery spoke, With lightning-flash, and thunder-stroke.

1880 G. O. Trevelyan Early Hist. C. J. Fox (1910) vi. 243 The thunder-stroke of such a confession..could not be parried.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	thunderstroke
释义	thunderstroken. /ˈθʌndəstrəʊk/ Forms: see thunder n. and stroke n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: thunder n., stroke n.¹ Etymology: < thunder n. + stroke n.¹ a. A stroke of ‘thunder’ (cf. thunder n. 1b); the impact of a lightning-flash. ΘΚΠ 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 209 They fell together..as by a Thunder-stroke . View more context for this quotation 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 5 The lofty Cedar, and the knotty Oak, Are subject more unto the thunder~stroak, Than the low shrubs. 1844 E. B. Barrett Dead Pan in Poems II. 264 At the rushing thunderstroke would No sob tremble through the tree? b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 454 The others cutting woords which are the thunderstroks dubbled [Fr. coups de tonnerre redoublez]. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xiii. §4 During the first assault of passion as under a thunder-stroke the sentiments of virtue may yield for a moment. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. i. 77 When all the loud artillery spoke, With lightning-flash, and thunder-stroke. 1880 G. O. Trevelyan Early Hist. C. J. Fox (1910) vi. 243 The thunder-stroke of such a confession..could not be parried. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1587
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