thud
thud
noun
with a thud
adverb
语源
noun
- a dull, heavy sound, such as that made by an object falling to the ground
砰（或嘭）的一声
Jean heard the thud of the closing door.
琼听到砰的关门声。
- [no obj.]move, fall, or strike something with a dull, heavy sound
砰地落下；发出沉闷的声响；发出嘭声
the bullets thudded into the dusty ground.
子弹砰砰砰地射进尘土地里。
with a thud
- used t odescribe a sudden and disillusioning reminder of reality in contrast to someone's dreams or aspirations
猛然清醒，突然回到现实中
school-leavers have now come back down to earth with a thud.
辍学者们现在才突然从幻想中清醒过来。
adverb
语源
- late Middle English (originally Scots): probably from Old English thyddan 'to thrust, push'; related to thoden 'violent wind'. The noun is recorded first denoting a sudden blast or gust of wind, later the sound of a thunderclap, whence a dull, heavy sound. The verb dates from the early 16th cent
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