| 单词 | thud |
| 释义 | thud (once / 1498 pages) nv To thud is to make the loud sound of something heavy hitting or falling. Tip your chair too far back and your body may thud against the floor. Throw an egg off a balcony onto the pavement below, and it will splat, but throw a heavy dumbbell off the same balcony and it will thud — you can call the sound it makes a thud as well. The verb originally meant "to strike, stab, or thrust," from the Old English imitative word þyddan, and the noun was used to mean "blast of wind" in the early sixteenth century. WORD FAMILYthud: thudded, thudding, thuds+/thudding: thuddingly USAGE EXAMPLESNo more playing this season, one that dipped and rolled and rose, only to end with a most resounding thud. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) He spins around again and puts it down in front of him with a thud. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) A beloved Midwestern burger chain landed in downtown Seattle with a resounding thud, according to a controversial review by food writer Bethany Jean Clement. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) Syn|Hyper clump, clunk, thump, thumping sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 2v make a dull sound the knocker thudded against the front door Syn|Hyper thump go, sound make a certain noise or sound 3v strike with a dull sound Bullets were thudding against the wall Hyper collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike hit against; come into sudden contact with 4v make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants Syn|Hyper crump, scrunch crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch make a crushing noise |
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