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thud

noun
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  1. a sound like the one that is made when a heavy object hits something else砰的一声；扑通一声
    • His head hit the floor with a dull thud.他的头砰的一声撞在了地板上。🔊🔊
    • She could hear the thud of her own heartbeat sounding heavily in her ears.她能听见自己怦怦的心跳声重重地在耳际回响。
    • She felt her heart give an extra thud.她觉得心怦然一跳。
    • The boot made a dull thud as it hit the ground.靴子掉在地上，发出砰的一声闷响。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • loud
    • resounding
    • …
    verb + thud
    • give
    • make
    • hear
    • …
    preposition
    • with a thud
    phrases
    • the thud of a heart
    • the thud of hooves
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    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.
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thud

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they thud
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he / she / it thuds
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past simple thudded
🔊/ˈθʌdɪd/
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past participle thudded
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-ing form thudding
🔊/ˈθʌdɪŋ/
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  1. [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.我们听到他在楼梯上踩着。
    • The waves thudded against the side of the ship.浪砰砰地打在船舷上。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • hard
    • painfully
    • wildly
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • into
    • on
    • …
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  2. [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.她感到恐惧中发疯。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • hard
    • painfully
    • wildly
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • into
    • on
    • …
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    3. 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.