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单词 thunder-storm
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thunder-stormn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthunder-storm.
A storm of thunder and lightning, usually accompanied with heavy rain.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > thunder > thunderstorm
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a1656 Bp. J. Hall Invisible World (1659) i. vi. 39 A fearfull thunder-storm arose.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. vi. 189 Along the open glen..less dangerous than the woods, in a thunder storm.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 71 In the year 1793, one of the most destructive thunderstorms perhaps on record happened at Buenos Ayres.
1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ix. 135 There stood the Queen..frowning like a thunderstorm.
in extended use.1877 M. Prior in Daily News 1 Oct. 6/3 No troops could..live in such a thunderstorm of leaden hail.

Derivatives

thunder-stormy adj.
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1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel ii. 149 Hot thunderstormy Washington summers.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 197 A fairly restful Easter weekend of mixed, blowy, brilliant, shiny, thunder~stormy weather.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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