thunderbolt

英 [ˈθʌndəbəʊlt]

美 [ˈθʌndərboʊlt]

n.  雷电; 霹雳

复数：thunderbolts　

BNC.20093 / COCA.20358

牛津词典

noun

• 雷电；霹雳
  a flash of lightning that comes at the same time as the noise of thunder and that hits sth
  1. The news hit them like a thunderbolt (= was very shocking) .
     这个消息犹如晴天霹雳使他们大为震惊。

柯林斯词典

• 雷电；霹雳
  Athunderboltis a flash of lightning, accompanied by thunder, which strikes something such as a building or a tree.

英英释义

noun

• a shocking surprise
  1. news of the attack came like a bombshell
  Synonym:bombshellthunderclap
• a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
  Synonym:boltbolt of lightning

双语例句

• I wrote a decidedly intemperate journal entry on Byron's thunderbolt visit and its miserable outcome.
  我曾以非常激烈的措词写下一篇日记，记叙拜伦的突然来访，以及它的可悲结局。
• A thunderbolt split up the tree.
  一阵雷电将这树劈开。
• ThunderBolt is state of the art and incomparable.
  雷电是无与伦比的艺术和状态。
• The news came as a thunderbolt. I could hardly believe my ears.
  这消息犹如晴天霹雳，我简直不相信自己的耳朵。
• If Jupiter hurls his thunderbolt as often as men sin, he will soon be out of thunderbolt.
  假使朱庇特每当有人犯罪就大发雷霆的话，他手上的雷霆便会即将告磬。
• As for the count, he could not have been more overwhelmed if a thunderbolt had fallen at his feet and opened an immense gulf before him.
  至于伯爵，即使一个霹雳打在他的脚下和深裂开在他的面前，也不能使他更惶惑了。
• But a man hit with the thunderbolt was another matter.
  但是，一个给晴天霹雳击中了的人可就是另一回事了，他得仔细瞧瞧。
• The news was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.
  这消息犹如晴天霹雳。
• I know your thunderbolt.
  我懂得你是给晴天霹雳击中了。
• Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me.
  霹雳闪电-我非常非常可怕。