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

• 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 blunder made the underground instrument undergo an undermining of the thunderbolt.
  这个失策让地下仪器经受了一次雷电的破坏。
• The thunderbolt made matchwood of the hut.
  雷电把小屋击碎了。
• 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。
• The thunderbolt always fall on the tallest buildings and tree.
  霹雳总是劈在高楼和大树上。
• 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。
• The news was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.
  这消息犹如晴天霹雳。
• I like her a lot, but there was no real thunderbolt.
  我很喜欢她，可就是不来电。
• I can remember reading Flaubert for the first time, and being struck by a thunderbolt: oh brave new world that has such writers in it!
  我依旧记得初读福楼拜的时候，感觉就像被惊天霹雳所击中，因为我从其的作品中看到了一个勇敢的新世界。
• I know your thunderbolt.
  我懂得你是给晴天霹雳击中了。