thunderstorm

thunderstorm — noun

1. a weather event in which the sky produces loud crashing sounds called thunder an

1.名詞A2
釋義

a weather event in which the sky produces loud crashing sounds called thunder and sudden flashes of light called lightning, usually together with heavy rain

例句

Last night's thunderstorm was so loud it woke Defne up at three in the morning.

Apinya checked the weather app and saw a thunderstorm warning for the afternoon.

collocation: thunderstorm warning

同義詞
  • electrical storm

    a more formal or scientific term for the same weather event; less common in everyday speech

  • tempest

    a literary or old-fashioned word for a violent storm with wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; not used in daily conversation

文法句型

a thunderstorm

the thunderstorm

thunderstorms

用法筆記

Thunderstorm is a countable noun. A single event is a thunderstorm, and multiple events are thunderstorms. Do not confuse thunderstorm with thunder (the sound alone) or lightning (the flash alone) — a thunderstorm includes both.

常見錯誤

❌We had a loud thunder last night.
✅We had a loud thunderstorm last night.
💡thunder is the sound; a thunderstorm is the whole weather event that includes thunder.
❌There was thunderstorm yesterday.
✅There was a thunderstorm yesterday.
💡thunderstorm is countable and needs a determiner in the singular.