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 like her a lot, but there was no real thunderbolt.
  我很喜欢她，可就是不来电。
• He unleashed a thunderbolt by announcinghis resignation.
  他宣布辞职好似晴天炸雷一般。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 and lightning-very very frightening me.
  霹雳闪电-我非常非常可怕。
• 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。
• The thunderbolt made matchwood of the hut.
  雷电把小屋击碎了。
• But like most of the sci-fi films that followed it, Thunderbolt Baby failed to imagine the future.
  但与后来的许多科幻电影如出一辙，《霹雳贝贝》没能想象未来。