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。
• He unleashed a thunderbolt by announcinghis resignation.
  他宣布辞职好似晴天炸雷一般。
• 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。
• The news of her death came as a thunderbolt.
  眨眼间，传来霹雳和闪电。她去世的消息犹如晴天霹雳。
• 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。
• If a thunderbolt had fallen at the banker's feet, he could not have experienced greater terror.
  即使一个霹雳落到那位银行家的脚前，他也未必会这样惊恐万状了。
• Perfection of the body includes beauty, grace, strength and the hardness of a thunderbolt.
  身体的完美包括美丽、优雅、有力和金刚石般的坚硬。
• I am like the storm-driven cloud of summer that, having cast off its crown of gold, hangs as a sword the thunderbolt upon a chain of lighting.
  我如同夏日里被风暴驱逐的云，抛下黄金王冠，在闪电的锁链上悬挂一个霹雳，犹如佩上一柄利剑。
• ThunderBolt is state of the art and incomparable.
  雷电是无与伦比的艺术和状态。