2[intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CSSOUND to hit against something loudly 发出重击声;砰砰作响
His feet thumped loudly on the bare boards.
他的脚踏在光光的地板上咚咚作响。
He thumped his cup down on the table.
他把茶杯重重地放在桌子上。
3[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to walk or run with your feet making a loudheavy sound as they touch the ground 噔噔地跑[走]
Stella came thumping down the stairs.
斯特拉噔噔噔地跑下楼梯。
4[intransitiveI]FRIGHTENEDEXCITED if your heartthumps, it beats very strongly and quickly because you are frightened or excited 〔心脏因恐惧或激动〕怦怦地跳
My heart was thumping inside my chest.
我的心在胸口怦怦地跳。
Examples from the Corpus
thump• She could hear him thumping around in the bathroom, washing before dinner.• Last night, the Dodgers were thumped at home by the Giants.• She guessed it thumped for its life.• I try to thump him with my left, though my hand is a ball of pain.• He felt his heart thumpinginside his chest.• His feet thumped loudly on bare boards.• Mikethumped Stephanie's back several times to stop her choking.• The dog's tailcontinued to thump the rug.• Thump the watermelon to see if it's ripe.
2[usually singular] especially British EnglishBrEHIT an action in which you hit someone or something 重击,狠打
If he does that again, I’ll give him a good thump.
如果他再这么干,我就狠狠地揍他一顿。
a thump on the jaw
打在下巴上的一记重击
Examples from the Corpus
thump• Jimmy heard a thump, followed by the slamming of the frontgate.• More usually, they come down with a thump a yard or so away.• A suitcasetoppled off the top of the wardrobe and landed on the floor with a thump.• He could hear the music and its pile-driving thump in the background.• The heavy thump of acid house music was everywhere.• There was a loud thump as Eddie threw Luther back against the wall.• There were no grunts, no thumps, no scuffling of feet.• The thump of the wall against his back.• At two in the morning I was awakened by tremendousthumps and crashes which were shaking the cabin.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + THUMP | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤heavy, loud重重的/響亮的一擊▸➤dull, muffled, soft沉悶的重擊;軟軟的一擊VERB + THUMP➤give sb/sth (BrE) 給⋯重擊◇She gave the television a good thump, and the picture came back.她使勁拍打了一下電視機,畫面又出來了。➤feel, hear感到重擊;聽到重擊聲PREPOSITION➤with a thump砰的一聲◇The sack hit the ground with a loud thump.袋子砰的一聲重重地砸到地上。thump
verb¹
1hit sb/sth with your fist用拳頭擊打ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤hard狠狠地擊打◇He thumped Jack hard in the face.他揮拳狠狠地打傑克的臉。➤down向下捶打◇He thumped his fist down onto the table.他用拳頭猛捶桌子。PREPOSITION➤with用⋯捶擊◇She thumped the desk with her fist.她用拳頭猛捶桌子。thump
verb²
2of the heart心臟ADVERB | VERB + THUMP | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤hard, heavily, loudly, painfully, wildly劇烈跳動;重重地跳;嗵嗵地跳;狂亂地跳動VERB + THUMP➤begin to開始怦怦跳動◇Her heart began to thump wildly in her chest.她的心開始怦怦狂跳。PREPOSITION➤against對着⋯怦怦直跳◇He spun around, his heart thumping against his ribs.他猛地轉過身來,心狂跳不止,撞擊着雙肋。