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thunderclap

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Meteorology
thun·der·clap /ˈθʌndəklæp $ -ər-/ noun [countable]  HEMa single loud noise of thunder 〔一声〕响雷,霹雳 A thunderclap exploded above us. 一声霹雳在我们头顶炸响。
Examples from the Corpus
thunderclapTime comes and goes like a thunderclap and there is no getting it back.It sounds like a thunderclap being forced through a fuzz pedal.Another thunderclap exploded above, ringing their ears.And then a sound, as if she had been standing next to a huge thunderclap.Like thunderclaps, echoing over and over.The grimy blots grew closer and bigger, sudden thunderclaps made visible, and hurled the little planes from side to side.The others had spun round, and the short sticks they were holding had belched terrifying thunderclaps and flashes of bright flame.It was still light when the thunderclap of the passage of one of the Simonova's lifeboats over his head woke him.
thun·der·clap nounChineseSyllable
single a loud of thunder Corpus noise


thunderclap
thunderclap /ˈθʌndəklæp $ -ər-/ noun [countable]
a single loud noise of thunder:
    A thunderclap exploded above us.


thun·der·clapBrE /ˈθʌndəklæp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθʌndərklæp/ 🔊 nouna loud crash made by thunder 雷声;霹雳