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

• The news of his death was a real thunderbolt.
  他去世的消息真是晴天霹雳。
• This essay is to probe into the main reasons of harm to the computer net and the electronic equipments caused by the thunderbolt, and to discuss the measures to be taken.
  针对雷电对计算机网络及电子设备造成的危害，探讨了其中的主要原因和需采取的措施。
• Finally an idea struck them like a thunderbolt& smoke rose because it was lighter than air.
  最后，他们的脑海里突然产生了一个想法&烟的上升是因为它比空气轻。
• The thunderbolt made matchwood of the hut.
  雷电把小屋击碎了。
• The news was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.
  这消息犹如晴天霹雳。
• 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。
• He unleashed a thunderbolt by announcinghis resignation.
  他宣布辞职好似晴天炸雷一般。
• The blunder made the underground instrument undergo an undermining of the thunderbolt.
  这个失策让地下仪器经受了一次雷电的破坏。
• The thunderbolt always fall on the tallest buildings and tree.
  霹雳总是劈在高楼和大树上。
• 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。