thunder

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n. 雷, 雷声 vi. 打雷, 轰隆地响, 怒喝 vt. 大声喊出, 轰隆地发出

发音

UK /ˈθʌndə/
US /ˈθʌndɚ/

词形变化

thunders 复数 thunders thundered thunderedst thundereth thundering thunders 三单 thundering 现在分词 thundered 过去式 thundered 过去分词 thunderest thunderedst 过去式 thundereth 三单 thundered 复数

别名

thdr.

教材释义与例句

名词

雷;轰隆声;恐吓

the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning

动词

打雷;怒喝

if it thunders, there is a loud noise in the sky, usually after a flash of lightning

动词

轰隆地发出;大声喊出

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

    雷声

    雷鸣

    雷公

    可数 不可数

    Thunder is preceded by lightning.

  2. 2.

    A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.

    轰鸣

    可数 不可数

    Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.

  3. 3.

    An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  5. 5.

    Synonym of thunder word.

    可数 不可数 媒体
v.
  1. 1.

    To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

    It thundered continuously.

  2. 2.

    To make a noise like thunder.

    打雷

    行雷

    打雷公

    霆雷公

    不及物

    The train thundered along the tracks.

  3. 3.

    To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).

  4. 4.

    To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.

    不及物 及物

    "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.

  5. 5.

    To produce something with incredible power.

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). Compare astound, astonish, stun. Germanic cognates include West Frisian tonger, Dutch donder, German Donner, Old Norse Þórr (English Thor), Danish torden, Norwegian Nynorsk tore. Other cognates include Persian تندر (tondar), Latin tonō, detonō, Ancient Greek στένω (sténō), στενάζω (stenázō), στόνος (stónos), Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), Irish torann, Welsh taran, Gaulish Taranis. Doublet of donner, Thunor, and Thor.

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