English Dictionary

thunderbolt

/ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/

noun

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder. / (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

The thunderbolt struck the tree with a loud crack.

意味（1）

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]

意味（2）

(figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

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

意味（3）

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

a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations

意味（4）

(soccer) A very powerful shot.

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

意味（5）

(paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.

意味（6）

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

意味（7）

A daring or irresistible hero.