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thunderbolt 音標拼音: [θ'ʌndɚb ,ɔlt] n. 霹靂,雷電,意外,怒喝 霹靂,雷電,意外,怒喝 thunderbolt n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [ synonym: { thunderbolt}, { bolt}, { bolt of lightning}] 2: a shocking surprise; " news of the attack came like a bombshell" [ synonym: { bombshell}, { thunderbolt}, { thunderclap}] Thunderbolt \ Thun" der* bolt`\, n. 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. [ 1913 Webster] The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. [ 1913 Webster] He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication. -- Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone. [ 1913 Webster] { Thunderbolt beetle} ( Zool.), a long- horned beetle ({ Arhopalus fulminans}) whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish- black, with W- shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra. [ 1913 Webster] 71 Moby Thesaurus words for " thunderbolt": Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, astonishment, ball lightning, blockbuster, blow, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, bomb, bombshell, cannonball, catch, chain lightning, courser, dark lightning, dart, eagle, earthshaker, electricity, express train, eye- opener, fireball, firebolt, flash, flying flame, forked lightning, fulguration, fulmination, gazelle, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, jet plane, joker, kicker, levin bolt, light, lightning, mercury, oak- cleaving thunderbolts, peripeteia, quicksilver, revelation, rocket, scared rabbit, sheet lightning, shocker, shot, staggerer, startler, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, stroke of lightning, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, swallow, switch, thought, thunderball, thunderclap, thunderstroke, torrent, wind |
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