[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]雷;雷声Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of lightning, especially during a storm.
There was frequent thunder and lightning, and torrential rain.
雷电交加,大雨倾盆。
...a distant clap of thunder.
远处一声炸雷
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[VERB 动词]打雷 When it thunders, a loud noise comes from the sky after a flash of lightning.
[it V]
The day was heavy and still. It would probably thunder later.
天色阴沉,一丝风也没有。或许马上就要打雷。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]雷鸣般的响声;轰隆声 The thunder of something that is moving or making a sound is the loud deep noise it makes.
[N of n]
The thunder of the sea on the rocks seemed to blank out other thoughts...
海水拍打礁石的咆哮声似乎要淹没一切思绪。
Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.
哈利勒听到了雪崩传来的轰隆声。
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[VERB 动词]轰隆隆地快速移动 If something or someone thunders somewhere, they move there quickly and with a lot of noise.
[V prep/adv]
The horses thundered across the valley floor...
马群轰隆隆地从谷底奔跑而过。
Niccolini was thundering up the stairs, taking them two at a time...
尼科利尼一步两个台阶地噔噔跑上楼。
A lorry thundered by.
一辆货车轰隆隆地驶过。
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[VERB 动词]发出轰隆声;轰鸣 If something thunders, it makes a very loud noise, usually continuously.
[V]
[V-ing]
She heard the sound of the guns thundering in the fog.
她听到雾中传来隆隆的枪炮声。
...thundering applause.
雷鸣般的掌声
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[VERB 动词]愤怒地大叫;怒吼 If you thunder something, you say it loudly and forcefully, especially because you are angry.
[V with quote]
[V n]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
'It's your money. Ask for it!' she thundered...
“那是你的钱。快去要!”她生气地大喊。
The Prosecutor looked toward Napoleon, waiting for him to thunder an objection.
检察官朝拿破仑望去,等他大声抗议。
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[PHRASE 短语]抢…的风头;抢…的功劳 If you steal someone's thunder, you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do.
[V inflects]
He had no intention of letting the Foreign Secretary steal any of his thunder.
他无意让外交大臣抢他的风头。
Oxford
thun·der/ˈθʌndə(r); NAmEˈθʌndər/
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thunderthundersthunderedthunderingnoun[uncountable ]1the loud noise that you hear after a flash of lightning,during a storm 雷;雷声◆the rumble of distant thunder远处雷声隆隆◆a clap/crash/roll of thunder一声霹雳;一声巨雷;雷声隆隆◆Thunder crashed in the sky.霹雳在空中炸响。☞collocationsat
weather
2a loud noise like thunder雷鸣般的响声;轰隆声◆the thunder of hooves隆隆的马蹄声IDIOMsee
face
n.,
steal
v.verb1[intransitive ]when it thunders,there is a loud noise in the sky during a storm 打雷2[intransitive ]to make a very loud deep noise 发出雷鸣般响声;轰隆隆地响SYN
roar
◆A voice thundered in my ear.一个震耳欲聋的声音在我耳边响起。◆thundering traffic轰隆隆的来往车辆3[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to move very fast and with a loud deep noise 轰隆隆地快速移动SYN
roar
◆Heavy trucks kept thundering past.重型卡车不断地隆隆驶过。4[transitive ]thundersth + adv./prep. ( informal) to make sth move somewhere very fast 使快速移动◆Essien thundered the ball past the goalie.埃辛砰地一脚将球踢过了守门员。5[intransitive , transitive ]( literary) to shout, complain, etc. very loudly and angrily 怒喝;大声斥责thunder(sth) ◆He thundered against the evils of television.他大声谴责电视的种种坏处。+ speech◆‘Sit still!’ she thundered.“坐着别动!”她怒喝道。thun·der/ˈθʌndə(r); NAmEˈθʌndər/
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thunder1 noun
thunder2 verb
thunderthun‧der1 /ˈθʌndə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun
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1[uncountable] the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning: We were woken in the night by thunder.2[singular] a loud deep noise: She heard the thunder of hooves behind her.3a face like thunder if someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry →
blood-and-thunder
, → steal somebody’s thunder
at steal1(9)
COLLOCATIONSphrasesa rumble/roll of thunder (=one of a series of deep sounds)· We could hear the rumble of thunder growing louder.a clap/crash/crack of thunder (=one extremely loud sound)· Lightning flickered across the sky, followed seconds later by a loud crack of thunder.a peal of thunder (=one very loud sound)· She jumped as a huge peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.thunder and lightning· Rain fell steadily for an hour, accompanied by thunder and lightning.verbsthunder crashes/booms· Thunder crashed overhead, waking the baby.thunder rumbles/rolls· Thunder rumbled in the distance.adjectivesdistant thunder· Apart from the occasional rumble of distant thunder, there was silence.
thunder1 noun
thunder2 verb
thunderthunder2 verb
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1[intransitive] it thunders if it thunders, there is a loud noise in the sky, usually after a flash of lightning2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to run or move along quickly, in a way that makes a very loud noise: The children came thundering downstairs. Huge lorries thundered past us.3[intransitive] to make a very loud deep noise: Guns roared and thundered all around us.4[transitive] to shout loudly and angrily: ‘You must be mad!’ he thundered.
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