thunderbolt
noun
uk/ˈθʌn.də.bəʊlt/us/ˈθʌn.dɚ.boʊlt/thunderboltnoun(THUNDER)
[C]
aflashoflightningand thesoundofthundertogether
雷电,霹雳Precipitation: stormy weather
- angrily
- blizzard
- blow over
- bolt
- bomb cyclone
- bombogenesis
- cyclogenesis
- derecho
- electrical storm
- hurricane
- sheet lightning
- storm cloud
- tempestuously
- thunder
- thundersnow
- thunderstorm
- thundery
- tornado
- weather bomb
- whirlwind
thunderboltnoun(SURPRISE/SHOCK)
[S]
anannouncement,event, orideathat iscompletelyunexpectedorshocking:
晴天霹雳;出人意料的突发事件;令人震惊的情况Thenewsof thelayoffswas a thunderbolt thatleftus allreeling.裁员的消息对于我们犹如晴天霹雳。
a surprise
- surpriseThe announcement that she was leaving the post was a surprise to us all.
- shockIt will be a terrible shock if their income is cut.
- kickerUSThe kicker is that even after six rounds of interviews, she still wasn't a finalist for the job.
- a rude awakeningShe'll be in for a rude awakening when she has to pay her own bills.
- eye-openerHis unauthorized biography was a real eye-opener.
- news to meSarah is leaving? Well that's news to me.
Surprising and shocking
- amaze
- amazing
- amazingly
- astonish
- astonishing
- blinding
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- earth-shatteringly
- earthshakingly
- overtake
- shock tactics
- shocking
- springsomethingonsomeone
- stagger
- staggering
- staggeringly
- stun
- the darnedest thingidiom
- world-shattering