| 单词 | thunder-plump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthunder-plump thunder-plump n. [compare plump n.3 2] chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern) a heavy and sudden thunder-shower. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > with thunder thunder-shower1676 thunder-plump1821 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish i. 22 It came on such a thunder-plump, that there was not a single soul stayed in the kirk-yard to hear him. 1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 20/2 A heavy shower, like a ‘thunder-plump’, takes up a part of the afternoon. 1926 H. McDiarmid Drunk Man looks at Thistle 33 Like a thunder-plump on the sunlicht, Or the slounge o' daith on my dreams. 1977 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 18 Nov. I am beginning to think that I must be the only ignoramus in Dunedin who has never heard of a thunderplump. 2000 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 29 July 42 He had to dash for cover..just as the first thunder plump swept across the course. < as lemmas |
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