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thunder

Word family 
Related topics: Meteorology, Textures, sounds
thun·der1 /ˈθʌndə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun  
1  [uncountableU]HEM the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning 雷声
 We were woken in the night by thunder.
晚上我们被雷声惊醒。
2  [singular]CSSOUND a loud deep noise 雷鸣般的响声，轰隆声
 She heard the thunder of hooves behind her.
她听到身后隆隆的马蹄声。
3. a face like thunder ANGRYif someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry 满面怒容的脸，雷公脸
Examples from the Corpus
a face like thunder• She stood there with hands on her hips, glaring with a face like thunder.
→ blood-and-thunder, → steal somebody’s thunder at steal1(9)
n COLLOCATIONS
phrases
a rumble/roll of thunder (=one of a series of deep sounds)
We could hear the rumble of thunder growing louder.
a clap/crash/crack of thunder (=one extremely loud sound)
Lightning flickered across the sky, followed seconds later by a loud crack of thunder.
a peal of thunder (=one very loud sound)
She jumped as a huge peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.
thunder and lightning
Rain fell steadily for an hour, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
verbs
thunder crashes/booms
Thunder crashed overhead, waking the baby.
thunder rumbles/rolls
Thunder rumbled in the distance.
adjectives
distant thunder
Apart from the occasional rumble of distant thunder, there was silence.
Examples from the Corpus
thunder• There was a thunder clap followed instantly by lightning.• The sky had darkened and thunder rolled in the west.• Outside my window was the constant thunder of delivery trucks.• They could hear thunder rumbling in the distance.• A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.• A crash of thunder and lightning follows.• In the midst of thunder and lightening, Alfredo begs his father to take a sword and kill him.• Despite the ominous thunder of global war, the date on which to observe Thanksgiving was a hot issue.• In spring, when showers shimmer down and slow-rolling thunder sounds, remember Dineh!• Nothing could be heard save the thunder of artillery... and the continuous roar of musketry.• The thunder and lightning seemed to have moved away, but the rain continued to pour.
Related topics: Nature, Meteorology, Textures, sounds
thunder2 verb  
1. it thunders if it thunders, there is a loud noise in the sky, usually after a flash of lightning 打雷
2  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CSSOUND to run or move along quickly, in a way that makes a very loud noise 轰隆隆地快速移动
 The children came thundering downstairs.
孩子们噔噔噔地走下楼梯。
 Huge lorries thundered past us.
大卡车轰隆隆地从我们身边开过。
3  [intransitiveI] to make a very loud deep noise 发出轰隆隆的响声
 Guns roared and thundered all around us.
我们四周炮声隆隆。
4  [transitiveT]SHOUT to shout loudly and angrily 愤怒地大叫，怒吼
 ‘You must be mad!’ he thundered.
“你一定是疯了！”他怒吼道。
Examples from the Corpus
thunder• "Be quiet!" Miguel thundered.• Fighter jets thundered across the sky.• Legions of men, women and children thundered along these lanes, ringing their bells and scattering pedestrians like startled pigeons.• While the taps were thundering, he poured himself a large whisky and soda, and gulped it.• Did you hear it thunder just now?• From his pulpit thundered the most extraordinary denunciations of violations and abuses.• As the cannon thundered, the ranks broke, only to be formed again with dogged determination.• The train thundered through the station.
Origin thunder1
Old English thunor
thun·der1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1thunder2 verb
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