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单词 thunderstrike
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thunderstrikev.

/ˈθʌndəstrʌɪk/
Forms: Past tense and participle thunderstruck (see also preceding and thunderstruck adj.).
Etymology: probably a back-formation < thunderstricken, that being taken as a past participle.
1. transitive (literal). To strike with ‘thunder’ or lightning (cf. thunder n. 1b). ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > of environmental or supernatural factors
smitea1382
strikec1480
blasta1533
perisha1549
thunderstrike1613
siderate1623
to strike dead, blind1750
1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age iv, in Wks. (1874) III. 232 My father [Jove]..startles vp to thunder-strike the lad [Phaeton].
1666 T. Neale in Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 247 The Account..by the learned Dr. Charleton, concerning the boy that was Thunder~struck near Nantwich in Cheshire.
1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) liv. 186 Charybdis..was Thunder-struck by Jupiter, and transformed into a Sea-Monster.
a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 442 Angels..Expected when Almighty Ire Shou'd Thunder-strike our guilty Sire.
1902 J. B. Greenough & G. L. Kittredge Words 309 ‘Astonish’ is literally ‘to thunderstrike’, and was once common in the physical sense of ‘stun’.
2. figurative. To strike as with ‘thunder’.
a. To strike with amazement, astonish greatly. Obsolete except as in thunderstricken, thunderstruck.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)]
gloppena1250
abavea1400
ferlya1400
forferlya1400
supprisec1405
stonish1488
surprend1549
stagger1556
thunderbolta1586
admire1598
startle1598
thunderstrike1613
siderate1623
dumbfound1653
surprise1655
stammer1656
strange1657
astartlea1680
dumbfounder1710
knock1715
to take aback1751
flabbergast1773
to take back1796
stagnate1829
to put aback1833
to make (a person) sit up1878
to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884
transmogrify1887
rock1947
to flip out1964
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)]
marvela1425
esmarvel1477
amaze?1533
wondera1561
bewondera1586
to hold at gaze1594
admire1598
wonder-maze1603
astonish1611
thunderstrike1613
surprise1655
to astonish the natives1801
emmarvel1834
zap1967
mind-blow1970
gobsmack1987
1613 [implied in: W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 12 The Thunder-stroken Swaine lean'd to a tree, As void of sense as weeping Niobe. (at thunderstruck adj. 2a)].
1721 G. Roussillon tr. Vertot Rev. Portugal 104 This message thunder-struck the Duke.
1789 M. Huber Let. 28 June in Ld. Auckland Jrnl.& Corr. (1861) II. 324 This revolution thunder-strikes the keenest man.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 183 The news..thunderstruck all present.
b. To inflict severe or terrible vengeance, reproof, or the like, upon. In quot. 1818 in physical sense, to batter severely.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely
dressc1405
wipe1523
to take up1530
whip1530
to shake upa1556
trounce1607
castigatea1616
lasha1616
objurgate1616
thunderstrike1638
snub1672
drape1683
cut1737
rowa1798
score1812
to dress down1823
to pitch into ——1823
wig1829
to row (a person) up1838
to catch or get Jesse1839
slate1840
drop1853
to drop (down) to or on (to)1859
to give (a person) rats1862
to jump upon1868
to give (a person) fits1871
to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880
lambaste1886
ruck1899
bollock1901
bawl1903
scrub1911
burn1914
to hang, draw, and quarter1930
to tear a strip off1940
to tear (someone) off a strip1940
brass1943
rocket1948
bitch1952
tee1955
fan-
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > take vengeance on > severely
thunderstrike1638
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat heavily or severely
pounda1325
batter1377
pellc1450
hatter1508
whop1575
labour1594
thunder-beat1608
behammer1639
thunderstrike1818
sledgehammer1834
pun1838
to beat to a pulp1840
jackhammer1959
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 71 He had..thunder struck him, with a storme of mighty words.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. xix. 16) 57 To terrifie and thunder-strike offenders.
1699 C. Cibber Xerxes (1736) v. 63 To Thunder-strike thy Soul.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clxxxi. 93 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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