单词 | thunderbolt |
释义 | thunderbolt From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Nature Meteorologythunderboltthun‧der‧bolt /ˈθʌndəbəʊlt $ -dərboʊlt/ noun [countable]1 HEMDNa flash of lightning which hits a person or thing and kills or destroys them2 SHOCKa sudden event or piece of news that shocks you The idea hit her like a thunderbolt.Examples from the Corpusthunderbolt• And it hit me like a thunderbolt.• Like a thunderbolt it had come, just when he looked like losing it all.• To her his departure had come like a cruel thunderbolt.• Thunder and lightning are caused when Zeus hurls his thunderbolt.• His public outbursts of temper and his oratorical thunderbolts of defiance were likewise psychological reinforcements for a person who needed them.• Dad clapped his hands over his cheeks when the thunderbolt struck. |
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