|  thunder 
  
 
 I.thun‧der1 /ˈθʌndə $ -ər/ BrE  AmE  noun
 [Language: Old English; Origin: thunor]
 1.    [uncountable] the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning:
 We were woken in the night by thunder.
 2. [singular] a loud deep noise:
 She heard the thunder of hooves behind her.
 3. a face like thunder if someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry
 ⇨ ↑blood-and-thunder, ⇨ steal sb’s thunder at ↑steal1(9)
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 COLLOCATIONS
 
  phrases ▪ a rumble/roll of thunder (=one of a series of deep sounds)  We could hear the rumble of thunder growing louder.
 ▪ a clap/crash/crack of thunder (=one extremely loud sound)  Lightning flickered across the sky, followed seconds later by a loud crack of thunder.
 ▪ a peal of thunder (=one very loud sound)  She jumped as a huge peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.
 ▪ thunder and lightning  Rain fell steadily for an hour, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
 
  verbs ▪ thunder crashes/booms  Thunder crashed overhead, waking the baby.
 ▪ thunder rumbles/rolls  Thunder rumbled in the distance.
 
  adjectives ▪ distant thunder  Apart from the occasional rumble of distant thunder, there was silence.
 II.thunder2 BrE  AmE  verb
 1. [intransitive] if it thunders, there is a loud noise in the sky, usually after a flash of lightning
 2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to run or move along quickly, in a way that makes a very loud noise:
 The children came thundering downstairs.
 Huge lorries thundered past us.
 3. [intransitive] to make a very loud deep noise:
 Guns roared and thundered all around us.
 4. [transitive] to shout loudly and angrily:
 ‘You must be mad!’ he thundered.
 
 thunderhu
 | ◎ | ['θʌndə] |  | ※ | danh từ |  |  | ■ | sấm, sét; tiếng sấm, tiếng sét |  |  | ☆ | a clap of thunder |  |  | tiếng sét ổn |  |  | ■ | tiếng ầm vang như sấm |  |  | ☆ | thunder of applause |  |  | tiếng vỗ tay như sấm |  |  | ■ | sự chỉ trích; sự đe doạ |  |  | ☆ | to fear the thunders of the press |  |  | sợ những lời chỉ trích của báo chí |  |  | ☆ | to look as black as thunder |  |  | trông có vẻ hầm hầm đe doạ |  | ※ | nội động từ |  |  | ■ | nổi sấm, sấm động, ầm ầm tiếng sấm |  |  | ☆ | It thundered all night |  |  | trời ầm ầm tiếng sấm suốt đêm |  |  | ■ | ầm ầm như sấm, gây ra tiếng động như sấm; vang to |  |  | ☆ | the cannon thundered |  |  | súng đại bác nổ ầm ầm như sấm |  |  | ■ | la lối, nạt nộ, chửi mắng; lớn tiếng (đe doạ..) | 
 
 
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