Word · Frequency #20093
thunderbolts
雷电；霹雳
thunderbolts is the plural of thunderbolt.
A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
- 1.
A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
伴随雷声的闪电。
- 2.
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
伴随雷声的闪电放电
- 3.
An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
可怕、恐怖或出乎意料的事件。
- 4.
a shocking surprise
令人震惊的意外
- 5.
Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
激烈的威胁或谴责；尤指教会的严词谴责；怒斥。
- 6.
A very powerful shot.
非常有力的一击。
- 7.
A belemnite, or thunderstone.
箭石；亦称雷石。
- 8.
A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
一种纹章图案,形如两束相连的木捆,射出四道闪电,状似朱庇特的雷矢。
- 9.
A daring or irresistible hero.
勇敢无畏或不可抗拒的英雄。
晴天霹雳；令人震惊的意外；大力射门；猛击；猛烈抨击；痛斥；无畏的英雄；不可抵挡的英雄；箭石；雷石
In use
During the storm, a bright thunderbolt lit up the whole night sky.
The old oak tree was split by a thunderbolt in the heavy rain.
We saw several thunderbolts flashing over the distant mountains.
a thunderbolt strikes [sth]
thunderbolt 作“霹雳”解时是可数名词，指伴随雷声的闪电，本结构多用于描述自然现象。
During the storm, a thunderbolt struck the ancient oak.
暴风雨中，一道霹雳击中了那棵古老的橡树。
come as a thunderbolt (to [sb])
come as a thunderbolt 是比喻用法，表示某件事来得突然、令人震惊，to 后接受影响的人或群体。
The news of his resignation came as a thunderbolt to the whole team.
他辞职的消息对整个团队来说犹如晴天霹雳。
like a thunderbolt
like a thunderbolt 常作状语，强调动作极快或来势突然。
Connections
Collocations
- a thunderbolt out of a clear sky
- 晴天霹雳；突如其来的震惊
- The news of his resignation came as a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.他辞职的消息来得像晴天霹雳一样令人震惊。
- be struck by a thunderbolt
- 被雷电击中
- The old tree was struck by a thunderbolt during the storm.暴风雨中那棵老树被雷电击中。
- unleash a thunderbolt
- 大力射门；打出雷霆一击
- He unleashed a thunderbolt from outside the box.他在禁区外踢出一记势大力沉的射门。
- hurl thunderbolts at
- 猛烈抨击；怒斥
- The minister hurled thunderbolts at his critics.那位部长猛烈抨击批评他的人。
Idioms & figurative uses
- like a thunderbolt
- 像晴天霹雳一样；突然而令人震惊地The news of his resignation hit us like a thunderbolt.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把thunder（雷）和bolt（闪电/螺栓）拼在一起，想象雷电像螺栓一样猛然劈下，就是"霹雳"，也比喻让人震惊的意外。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：天气报道/日常叙述、新闻与文学作品中的比喻用法 thunderbolt 的字面义通常指伴随雷声的闪电，多用于日常或天气类叙述；其比喻义（如“晴天霹雳般的意外”）比较常见于新闻、书面语或文学语境，实际使用需根据上下文判断正式程度。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ɔlt/ 结尾，与 thunderbolt 结尾的 /bɔlt/ 押韵。注意：单独的 bolt 以及 colt、jolt、volt 等 -olt 拼写常读作 /oʊlt/，读音并不相同，不宜按拼写推断。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.