Definition of thunderclap in English:

thunderclap

nounˈθʌndəklapˈθəndərˌklæp

1A crash of thunder.
Example sentencesExamples
- And like the sound of a thunderclap in the distance on a hot summer day, the storm clouds are already visible.
- For example, following the lyric ‘thunder that roared out a warning,’ a thunderclap is heard on the track.
- Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky.
- When the weather turns foul in Unforgiven, you really feel as if you are at the center of a big rain cloud with drops falling all over and a few thunderclaps thrown in for good measure.
- Ever since she had been a small child, she had constantly enjoyed watching the lightning dance overhead, listening to the thunderclaps and trying to determine how far off the lightning was.
- There was a thunderclap and heavy rain started to thud on the carpet.
- They simply graze on, their ears filled with thunderclaps and their coats filling with raindrops.
- Larry Lessig is explaining the importance of the public domain as a source for future creativity, when a series of thunderclaps shakes the auditorium.
- As if in response to our comments, a loud thunderclap roared, filling the atmosphere with noise.
- Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain.
- Then there were more thunderclaps which, the young men affirmed, shook and compacted into a solid mass the still soft ground that consisted of water and mud.
- ‘Thanks for walking me back,’ Henriette said, as a thunderclap shook the sky.
- It was really coming down, with the occasional flash of lightning and booming thunderclap.
- A short time later there was a noise - like a small thunderclap.
- The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles.
- It sounds like a big thunderclap, with vibration through the air and ground,’ said Kawanishi.
- No sooner were we in bed when there was an almighty thunderclap and the heavens opened up and of course it sounded very loud on the tin roof.
- You only get a few thunderclaps with each storm but, when you are on a 6th floor in a basically 3 story town, you really feel them.
- It was a very tedious business, and they amused themselves by counting the seconds between the thunderclaps and the flashes of lighting.
- As if on cue, there was a soft thunderclap and a light rain started.
Synonyms
thunder crack, thunder roll, roll of thunder, peal of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder, rumbling, crashing, roar
1. 1.1 Used in similes to refer to something startling or unexpected.
  the door opened like a thunderclap
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is a powerful thunderclap of a moment in Le Confessionnal when the actor playing Alfred Hitchcock slips into the cab (another confessional cage) being driven by Paul-Emile.
  The joke struck the banker audience like a thunderclap.
  After staggering about under this intense thunderclap of irony, we moved.
  The commentary continues in a similar tone: ‘America's oldest and most important allies feel snubbed by Bush's unilateral thunderclaps.’
  The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap.

Definition of thunderclap in US English:

thunderclap

nounˈTHəndərˌklapˈθəndərˌklæp

1A crash of thunder.
the door opened like a thunderclap
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Thanks for walking me back,’ Henriette said, as a thunderclap shook the sky.
- When the weather turns foul in Unforgiven, you really feel as if you are at the center of a big rain cloud with drops falling all over and a few thunderclaps thrown in for good measure.
- It was really coming down, with the occasional flash of lightning and booming thunderclap.
- No sooner were we in bed when there was an almighty thunderclap and the heavens opened up and of course it sounded very loud on the tin roof.
- As if on cue, there was a soft thunderclap and a light rain started.
- There was a thunderclap and heavy rain started to thud on the carpet.
- Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky.
- Ever since she had been a small child, she had constantly enjoyed watching the lightning dance overhead, listening to the thunderclaps and trying to determine how far off the lightning was.
- It was a very tedious business, and they amused themselves by counting the seconds between the thunderclaps and the flashes of lighting.
- It sounds like a big thunderclap, with vibration through the air and ground,’ said Kawanishi.
- For example, following the lyric ‘thunder that roared out a warning,’ a thunderclap is heard on the track.
- The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles.
- And like the sound of a thunderclap in the distance on a hot summer day, the storm clouds are already visible.
- As if in response to our comments, a loud thunderclap roared, filling the atmosphere with noise.
- Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain.
- Larry Lessig is explaining the importance of the public domain as a source for future creativity, when a series of thunderclaps shakes the auditorium.
- A short time later there was a noise - like a small thunderclap.
- They simply graze on, their ears filled with thunderclaps and their coats filling with raindrops.
- Then there were more thunderclaps which, the young men affirmed, shook and compacted into a solid mass the still soft ground that consisted of water and mud.
- You only get a few thunderclaps with each storm but, when you are on a 6th floor in a basically 3 story town, you really feel them.
Synonyms
thunder crack, thunder roll, roll of thunder, peal of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder, rumbling, crashing, roar
1. 1.1 Used in similes to refer to something startling or unexpected.
  the invasion of the Falklands came as a thunderclap
  Example sentencesExamples
  The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap.
  After staggering about under this intense thunderclap of irony, we moved.
  The commentary continues in a similar tone: ‘America's oldest and most important allies feel snubbed by Bush's unilateral thunderclaps.’
  The joke struck the banker audience like a thunderclap.
  There is a powerful thunderclap of a moment in Le Confessionnal when the actor playing Alfred Hitchcock slips into the cab (another confessional cage) being driven by Paul-Emile.

单词	thunderclap
释义	Definition of thunderclap in English: thunderclap nounˈθʌndəklapˈθəndərˌklæp 1A crash of thunder. Example sentencesExamples And like the sound of a thunderclap in the distance on a hot summer day, the storm clouds are already visible. For example, following the lyric ‘thunder that roared out a warning,’ a thunderclap is heard on the track. Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky. When the weather turns foul in Unforgiven, you really feel as if you are at the center of a big rain cloud with drops falling all over and a few thunderclaps thrown in for good measure. Ever since she had been a small child, she had constantly enjoyed watching the lightning dance overhead, listening to the thunderclaps and trying to determine how far off the lightning was. There was a thunderclap and heavy rain started to thud on the carpet. They simply graze on, their ears filled with thunderclaps and their coats filling with raindrops. Larry Lessig is explaining the importance of the public domain as a source for future creativity, when a series of thunderclaps shakes the auditorium. As if in response to our comments, a loud thunderclap roared, filling the atmosphere with noise. Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain. Then there were more thunderclaps which, the young men affirmed, shook and compacted into a solid mass the still soft ground that consisted of water and mud. ‘Thanks for walking me back,’ Henriette said, as a thunderclap shook the sky. It was really coming down, with the occasional flash of lightning and booming thunderclap. A short time later there was a noise - like a small thunderclap. The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles. It sounds like a big thunderclap, with vibration through the air and ground,’ said Kawanishi. No sooner were we in bed when there was an almighty thunderclap and the heavens opened up and of course it sounded very loud on the tin roof. You only get a few thunderclaps with each storm but, when you are on a 6th floor in a basically 3 story town, you really feel them. It was a very tedious business, and they amused themselves by counting the seconds between the thunderclaps and the flashes of lighting. As if on cue, there was a soft thunderclap and a light rain started. Synonyms thunder crack, thunder roll, roll of thunder, peal of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder, rumbling, crashing, roar 1.1 Used in similes to refer to something startling or unexpected. the door opened like a thunderclap Example sentencesExamples There is a powerful thunderclap of a moment in Le Confessionnal when the actor playing Alfred Hitchcock slips into the cab (another confessional cage) being driven by Paul-Emile. The joke struck the banker audience like a thunderclap. After staggering about under this intense thunderclap of irony, we moved. The commentary continues in a similar tone: ‘America's oldest and most important allies feel snubbed by Bush's unilateral thunderclaps.’ The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap. Definition of thunderclap in US English: thunderclap nounˈTHəndərˌklapˈθəndərˌklæp 1A crash of thunder. the door opened like a thunderclap Example sentencesExamples ‘Thanks for walking me back,’ Henriette said, as a thunderclap shook the sky. When the weather turns foul in Unforgiven, you really feel as if you are at the center of a big rain cloud with drops falling all over and a few thunderclaps thrown in for good measure. It was really coming down, with the occasional flash of lightning and booming thunderclap. No sooner were we in bed when there was an almighty thunderclap and the heavens opened up and of course it sounded very loud on the tin roof. As if on cue, there was a soft thunderclap and a light rain started. There was a thunderclap and heavy rain started to thud on the carpet. Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky. Ever since she had been a small child, she had constantly enjoyed watching the lightning dance overhead, listening to the thunderclaps and trying to determine how far off the lightning was. It was a very tedious business, and they amused themselves by counting the seconds between the thunderclaps and the flashes of lighting. It sounds like a big thunderclap, with vibration through the air and ground,’ said Kawanishi. For example, following the lyric ‘thunder that roared out a warning,’ a thunderclap is heard on the track. The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles. And like the sound of a thunderclap in the distance on a hot summer day, the storm clouds are already visible. As if in response to our comments, a loud thunderclap roared, filling the atmosphere with noise. Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain. Larry Lessig is explaining the importance of the public domain as a source for future creativity, when a series of thunderclaps shakes the auditorium. A short time later there was a noise - like a small thunderclap. They simply graze on, their ears filled with thunderclaps and their coats filling with raindrops. Then there were more thunderclaps which, the young men affirmed, shook and compacted into a solid mass the still soft ground that consisted of water and mud. You only get a few thunderclaps with each storm but, when you are on a 6th floor in a basically 3 story town, you really feel them. Synonyms thunder crack, thunder roll, roll of thunder, peal of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder, rumbling, crashing, roar 1.1 Used in similes to refer to something startling or unexpected. the invasion of the Falklands came as a thunderclap Example sentencesExamples The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap. After staggering about under this intense thunderclap of irony, we moved. The commentary continues in a similar tone: ‘America's oldest and most important allies feel snubbed by Bush's unilateral thunderclaps.’ The joke struck the banker audience like a thunderclap. There is a powerful thunderclap of a moment in Le Confessionnal when the actor playing Alfred Hitchcock slips into the cab (another confessional cage) being driven by Paul-Emile.
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