thundershockとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

thundershock (複数形 thundershocks)

1. A sudden burst of thunder, a thunderclap; any similarly loud and sudden noise; a sudden, severe shock.
   • 1851, William Dana Emerson, The Old Town Clock, Occasional Thoughts, in Verse, page 97,

     The old Town Clock, / Like a distant thundershock, / Heard and gone, / Striking One!

   • 1895, William Taylor, Story of my Life^[1], page 158:

     The disappointment of some was almost like a thundershock.

   • 1962, Louis Hadley Evans, Your Marriage: Duel Or Duet?^[2], page 13:

     Every time a home is destroyed, the whole nation suffers a severe thundershock.

   • 1989, R. G. Prinn, B. Fegley, Jr., Solar Nebula Chemistry: Origin of Planetary, Satellite and Cometary Volatiles, S. K. Atreya, James B. Pollack, Mildred Shapley Matthews (editors), Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, page 86,

     The simultaneous presence of fluid motions and abundant particles in the solar nebula make charge separation (かつ hence lightning discharges かつ their accompanying thundershocks) a likely but at the present time speculative phenomenon.

   • 2011, Sergio Troncoso, From This Wicked Patch of Dust^[3], page 63:

     Reading about the life of St. Francis of Assisi had sent a thundershock to Julia's psyche.

参考

• thunderbolt