thunderbolt

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
    — Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]
  2. An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected. figuratively
    — News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.
  3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
    — a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations
  4. A very powerful shot.
    — Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton.
  5. A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  6. A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
  7. A daring or irresistible hero.
动词 v.
  1. To strike with a thunderbolt. rare,transitive
  2. To move swiftly and violently. rare

词形变化

thunderbolts plural thunderbolts present,singular,third-person thunderbolting participle,present thunderbolted participle,past thunderbolted past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From thunder + bolt.
词源 2
From thunder + bolt.
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