thunder; for it to thunder
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesverb
to thunder; for thunder to sound
neutralUsed to describe the natural phenomenon where lightning causes a loud rumbling or crashing sound in the sky. The subject is often weather or nature, not a person. Can be used as a predicate or in a descriptive phrase.
Wài外
miàn面
zhèng正
zài在
dǎ打
léi雷
，
kě可
néng能
yào要
xià下
yǔ雨
le了
。
It's thundering outside; it might rain soon.
Zuó昨
tiān天
wǎn晚
shang上
dǎ打
léi雷
dǎ打
dé得
hěn很
lì厉
hài害
，
wǒ我
bèi被
chǎo吵
xǐng醒
le了
。
It thundered very loudly last night, and I was woken up.
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Wǒ我
xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
hěn很
hài害
pà怕
dǎ打
léi雷
。
I was very afraid of thunder when I was a child.
Xiān先
shǎn闪
diàn电
，
hòu后
dǎ打
léi雷
。
First there's lightning, then thunder.
Zhè这
léi雷
shēng声
dǎ打
dé得
zhēn真
xiǎng响
。
That thunderclap is really loud.