thud• I heard a shot, followed by a thud as his body hit the floor.• I heard a thudbehind me.• Not so natural to put her down with a thud and devour her with a kiss.• They fell with a thud upon his bedsidechair.• She landed on the floor with a thud.• Soon he was hammering on the door, thud after thud, a noisefit to wake the dead.• I hear thuds and blows, and then some one is moaning in pain.• There was another joltingthud in my back.• The ferrydocked in Brooklyn with a loudthud.• A snowball hit her on the back of the neck with a softthud.• Suddenly we heard the thud of horses' hooves.• It hit on the spine and went thud.
a sickening thud• Her heart took up a sickening thud.• One pitched out, hitting the ground with a sickening thud.• Then, with a sickening thud in her solarplexus, she understood.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + THUD | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤heavy, loud, resounding沉重的砰聲;響亮的砰聲▸➤dull, muffled, soft沉悶的砰聲;輕微的砰聲▸➤sickening令人心驚的砰響VERB + THUD➤give發出砰聲◇She felt her heart give an extra thud.她覺得心怦然一跳。➤make發出砰聲◇The boot made a dull thud as it hit the ground.靴子掉在地上,發出砰的一聲悶響。➤hear聽到砰聲▸➤feel感到怦怦的心跳PREPOSITION➤with a thud砰的一聲◇He hit the floor with a sickening thud.他撞到地板上,發出一聲令人厭惡的悶響。PHRASES➤the thud of a heart, the thud of hooves怦怦的心跳;嘚嘚的蹄聲thud
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤hard, painfully, wildly (all only used with heart皆僅與 heart 連用)劇烈地/猛烈地/狂亂地怦怦跳◇Her heart thudded wildly inside her chest.她的心怦怦地狂跳。➤heavily, loudly沉重地/怦怦地跳動PREPOSITION➤against撞擊⋯發出砰砰聲◇The waves thudded against the side of the ship.浪砰砰地打在船舷上。➤into砰的一聲鑽入⋯◇The sniper's bullets thudded into the wall.狙擊手的子彈砰砰地打進牆裏。➤on在⋯上發出噔噔聲◇Steps thudded on the stairs.腳步在樓梯上發出噔噔聲。➤with因⋯而怦怦跳◇His heart thudded with excitement.他的心激動得怦怦直跳。