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单词 thunderclap
释义

thunderclap

/ˈθʌndəklap /
noun
1A crash of thunder.Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky....
  • The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles.
  • As if in response to our comments, a loud thunderclap roared, filling the atmosphere with noise.
1.1Used in similes to refer to something startling or unexpected: the door opened like a thunderclap...
  • The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap.
  • 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.
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