- [intransitive, transitive] thud (something) + adv./prep. to fall or hit something with a low, heavy sound砰地落下;飕的一声击中
- His arrow thudded into the target.他的箭噗的一声射中靶子。
- We heard him thudding up the stairs.我们听到他砰砰地上楼。
- The waves thudded against the side of the ship.浪砰砰地打在船舷上。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionSee full entry - [intransitive] (literary) (especially of the heart尤指心脏) to beat strongly有力地跳动;怦怦地跳
- She felt her heart thud wildly with fear.她感到自己的心因恐惧而剧烈跳动。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionSee full entry More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs Word Originlate 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, which led to the sense ‘ a dull, heavy sound’. The verb dates from the early 16th cent.