| 释义 |
thun·der·bolt
I. \ˈthəndə(r)ˌbōlt\ noun
Etymology: Middle English thonder-bolte
1.
a. : a single discharge of lightning with the accompanying thunder
b.
(1) : an imaginery elongated mass cast as a missile to earth in the lightning flash
(2) : a stone or stone implement (as a hatchet or arrowhead) thought to be the material part of lightning; broadly : thunderstone 2
2.
a. : a person or thing likened to lightning in suddenness, effectiveness, or destructive power
< nuclear subs may hide under the polar ice cap, awaiting only a signal … to fire their thunderbolts — Newsweek >
b. : vehement threatening or censure : fulmination
< hurling thunderbolts at the newspapers — E.D.Canham >
3. : a conventionalized representation of a thunderbolt; specifically : a twisted bar with inflamed ends between two wings and with four jagged darts issuant from its center — used in heraldry
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
dialect Britain : to strike with a thunderbolt |