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  1. 1nA2/ˈθʌndərstɔːrm/ · /ˈθʌndəstɔːm/雷雨；雷暴

    a storm with loud thunder in the sky and bright flashes of lightning, often with heavy rain.

    示範例句 · Example

    Around three o'clock, the dark clouds of the thunderstorm rolled in.

    逐字大約三點鐘，那場雷雨的烏雲滾進來了。

    「thunderstorm」是「又打雷又閃電的暴風雨」，中文常說雷雨或雷暴；台灣天氣預報更常說雷陣雨。它是可數名詞：a thunderstorm, two thunderstorms。核心畫面可以想成「雷（thunder）＋暴風雨（storm）」合在一起——一定要有雷聲和閃電，不只是下大雨。跟 storm 容易並排：storm 是各種壞天氣的總稱；thunderstorm 特別點出有雷電。常見搭配：a summer thunderstorm、a spectacular thunderstorm、during a thunderstorm。

    常見搭配

    • a summer thunderstorm

      夏天的雷雨／雷陣雨

      a thunderstorm that happens in summer, often after hot weather

      A summer thunderstorm washed the dust off the playground.

    • a spectacular thunderstorm

      一場壯觀的雷雨

      a thunderstorm that looks or sounds very strong and dramatic

      We watched a spectacular thunderstorm from the living-room window.

    • during a thunderstorm

      在雷雨期間；打雷下雨的時候

      while a thunderstorm is happening

      Stay inside during a thunderstorm and keep away from tall trees.

    • thunderstorm warning / alert

      雷雨／雷暴特報；雷雨警報

      an official notice that a thunderstorm may come soon

      The weather app showed a thunderstorm warning for Taipei.

    • dark clouds of a thunderstorm

      雷雨帶來的烏雲

      the heavy dark sky that comes with a thunderstorm

      Dark clouds of a thunderstorm covered the baseball field.

    意思相近

    thundershowerelectrical storm

core核心畫面

Picture the sky going dark in the afternoon: a flash, then the low bang that follows it, then the rain coming down hard. The word packs all three together — the light, the sound, and the water arriving at once.

可以想成：午後天色一下子暗下來，先是一道閃光，接著轟隆一聲，然後雨嘩啦落下。這個字把三件事包在一起——閃電的光、雷的聲音、還有通常伴隨的大雨。台灣夏天的午後雷陣雨，講的就是它。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 thunderstorms

意思相近

thundershowerelectrical storm

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

thunderstormnoun/ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/

  • 1

    A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.

    • I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.

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