thunderbolt

Các nghĩa

1. tia sét kèm sấm

   A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

   The thunderbolt split the oak.

   How does Iuppiter hurl a thunderbolt?

   A thunderbolt is likely to fall any minute.

2. biến cố kinh hoàng, bất ngờ

   An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

   figuratively

   News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.

   the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war

   A greater wreck, a deeper fall, / A shock to one—a thunderbolt to all.

3. lời đe dọa dữ dội, lời khiển trách gay gắt; đặc biệt là lời nguyền rủa của giáo hội

   Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

   a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations

4. cú sút cực mạnh

   A very powerful shot.

   Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton.

5. hóa thạch belemnite, đá sét

   A belemnite, or thunderstone.

6. hình tia sét trong huy hiệu

   A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.

Dạng khác

• thunderbolts plural