| 单词 | thunderhead |
| 例句 | It thunders across the yard—just a thunderhead of black robes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Far to the southeast, along the India-Nepal frontier, colossal thunderheads drifted over the malarial swamps of the Terai, illuminating the heavens with surreal bursts of orange and blue lightning. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Two days after McCandless set up camp beside Lake Mead, an unusually robust wall of thunderheads reared up in the afternoon sky, and it began to rain, very hard, over much of the Detrital Valley. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the moon emerged from behind thunderhead darkness the river gleamed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He came across the gym like a thunderhead bearing down across the valley and grabbed the clipboard out of my hands. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Papa worried about dark thunderheads in the distance. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Brewing high thunderheads, he churned the deep with both hands on his trident—called up wind from every quarter, and sent a wall of rain to blot out land and sea in torrential night. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her back was thunderhead blue, her rose-tinted breast had the brightness of cloud tops. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Mount Elgon brooded over the town and the trees, rising to an undefined height, its profile buried in an anvil thunderhead, bathed in golden light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few minutes the insects' piercing whine is supplanted by the boom of distant thunder, rumbling over the taiga from a wall of thunderheads rearing darkly on the horizon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A bank of clouds had been building, and a massive thunderhead reared thousands of feet up into the still-bright upper sky. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer mornings are mostly sunny and still, though by midaftemoon huge boiling thunderheads start to build over the Everglades, and the weather can get interesting in a hurry. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The moon was partially hidden behind ragged summer thunderheads, but the agent could still see the surrounding landscape. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Like their master, the South Wind, they were conflicted—half hot, dry sirocco, half stormy thunderhead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Astern of us the island coastline faded, and no land showed anywhere, but only sea and heaven, when Zeus Krom'on piled a thunderhead above the ship, while gloom spread on the ocean. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He maintained a serene comportment at all times but generated a threatening atmosphere, like a thunderhead that seems far away but then is suddenly overhead with loud violence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then came another flash of lightning, and this time the jagged fork struck down direct from the thunderhead at one of the zeppelins. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z However, it was hot, and thunderheads were building up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last day of his junior year, exactly two months after his life had burst like a thunderhead, Finn walked home from the bus stop past plants already up to his waist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Overhead, thunderheads formed, dark and swollen as blood blisters. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was all gathered like one of those huge thunderheads that rises on hot summer days. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Cal looked over his shoulder at a thunderhead sailing blackly over the mountains on the nervous March wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “See that cloud ahead? That’s a thunderhead. Bad weather be coming in real quick.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinner had taken long enough for thickened thunderheads to swell off the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We’d just finished eating when the rain that had threatened all morning blew in over the mountains in heavy black thunderheads. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Those thunderheads massing on the horizon let loose only a weak drizzle. Review: A Teenager Bears Witness to Backwoods Intrigue in ‘History of Wolves’ 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z On “The Riverbed,” propelled by a choppy beat, he sketches a picture of despondency, leading to a pledge: “Thunderhead, oh thunderhead/I will be your riverbed.” New Albums From Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires, Sleaford Mods and Owen Pallett 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Threads of lightning flickered a time or two from a black thunderhead crawling over the valley floor. Climbing the summits of Irish literature Up above, the panorama is an action shot of shining squalls and thunderheads with inky undersides. 'Open Ocean': panoramas of water, light, vapor 2011-12-22T21:39:07Z “As buildings erupted, thunderheads of pulverized brick, stone, plaster and mortar billowed from eaves and attics, roofs and chimneys, hearths and furnaces,” Larson writes. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “Whither” resembles a scene from a dreamy Western as four riders and a packhorse climb a hill with a towering thunderhead as their goal. ‘Territorial Hues’ offers colorful journey through Washington State’s printmaking past 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z A young woman named Honeysuckle observes an ominous thunderhead over Denver. Cloudy with a chance for terror in Joe Hill’s ‘Strange Weather’ 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The sky is dramatic, with sunbeams radiating like spotlights from behind thunderheads. New Zealand’s Hobbit Trail 2012-10-05T16:25:35Z Nebulous slate-colored thunderheads loom above the escalators that transport visitors from the parking garage into the soaring architecture of the music hall. Disney Hall's giant cloud sculpture 'Nimbus' rains down music on visitors 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z An umbrella and a raincoat for the looming thunderheads. Review | Going to my first concert of the pandemic felt like preparing for battle. Then I got there. 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z A black grand piano hulked on one side, the heavy, distended ceiling bearing down on it ominously, like a thunderhead. With “Labyrinth,” Mark Dendy Confronts His Demons 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Besides, in the mountains, afternoon thunderheads are common and dangerous – think lightning and hypothermia. So you're lost in the wilderness – these tips could save your life 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The pleasures of Chickenjoy, as it’s called, are immediate: The sheath of skin is as craggy as a thunderhead, crannies and crunch multiplying. Inspiring Loyalty, and Serving Chickenjoy at Jollibee 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream. Godzilla Is Warning Us Again about the Threats to Our Planet 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Fog often develops along the state’s coastline, but there is usually not enough wind to create the uplift needed to form the tall thunderheads, called cumulonimbus clouds, where lightning emerges, Mr. Baruffaldi said. Lightning isn’t usually a California thing. A meteorologist explains. 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z This process is the driving power behind thunderheads, those great cumulus clouds that rise as much as 20.0 km into the stratosphere. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In recent years, megafires and their blanketing haze have become an increasingly familiar sight, along with the towering thunderheads of smoke that form above them. Understanding Pyrocumulonimbus, a.k.a. ‘Fire Clouds’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Clouds of hot smoke formed towering thunderheads, which cast lighting down among the dry trees and urged the flames forward with gusts. Good wildfire news? Evidence from the Bootleg Fire supports thinning forests 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Like a thunderhead, the huge cloud spawned lightning strikes, worrying firefighters because of their potential to start new fires. How Bad Is the Bootleg Fire? It’s Generating Its Own Weather. 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z That’s what creates the “fire clouds” that look much like the thunderheads seen before a big thunderstorm. Oregon wildfire forms ‘fire clouds’ that pose danger below 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The sky was dark and banked with thunderheads. Cold comfort: how cold water swimming cured my broken heart 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Pelicans glided in formation above the breakers on one side, and the forest canopy rose abruptly on the other, like a towering green thunderhead. A loss of tourism threatens Costa Rica’s lush paradise 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Open is like the rumble from a thunderhead, signaling where the action is on the golf course. Perspective | When Father’s Day and the U.S. Open mean a little more 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Last Wednesday, though, conditions led to the creation of a larger, taller cloud called a pyrocumulonimbus, which is similar to a thunderhead. How Bad Is the Bootleg Fire? It’s Generating Its Own Weather. 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z In contrast, the towering thunderheads around the eye, also known as the eye wall, typically mark the most violent, intense parts of the storm, with fierce winds and rains. See Hurricane Dorian’s monstrous size in these photos from above 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Although most thunderheads rise only to the top of the troposphere and then spread into the familiar anvil shape, some especially powerful storms overshoot, injecting moist air into the stratosphere. Into the overworld: Ex–spy plane to see whether towering storms pose new threat to ozone layer 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z In the upper atmosphere, lightning sprites flashed above thunderheads, vertical columns of crimson whose lifespans were less than the human eye can comprehend. A billion dots of light 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Smoke loomed over Thousand Oaks like a thunderhead, the black cloud slowly advancing toward the sea as it crossed hills covered in blackened stubble. California wildfires rage, north and south, killing at least nine and putting tens of thousands at risk 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “Generated quite a thunderhead of steam. Launching in a week or so,” he said via Twitter. SpaceX fires up its biggest rocket, paving way for a test flight 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z But the word “apartheid” looms like thunderheads on the horizon. Opinion | Is Israel losing its soul? 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z But Juno did observe a cyclone that rose higher than the surrounding clouds like a thunderhead, casting a shadow. Juno Hobbled but Healthy After Glitch, NASA Says 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z One Friday last month, Etsitty glowered at a growing cluster of thunderheads north of her farms. Hanging on in Navajo Nation: First the water turned orange, then the air went bad 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Lightning illuminated the Santa Catalina Mountains like a strobe and yellow and white flashes lit up tall thunderheads. A still place in a turning world: Arizona desert retreat 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Miles away, a single impossible thunderhead dropped rain in curtains over the Sonoran Desert. The Misanthropic Genius of Joy Williams 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The differences may provide an effective way to estimate the electric field in a thunderhead. Rays From Exploding Stars May Help Measure Strength of Thunderstorms 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Purple thunderheads piled high above the ridges of the Blue Mountains. Track’s Heartbeat Is Fast as Ever in Jamaica 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z New research confirms this phenomenon, which does not bode well as 2016 looms like a thunderhead on the distant horizon. Inside the Beltway: Republican voters say GOP no longer stands for its traditional values 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Early that morning, a towering thunderhead had rumbled in from the east, stripping branches from the cottonwoods and flooding the streets of Oklahoma City. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z In the mornings, the sound of artillery from the base rumbled long and low, and I imagined distant thunderheads as I lay beside Miles in the smoke-colored light of dawn. An Army Wife Mourns the Day Her Husband Dreamed His Death 2014-01-30T10:45:55Z With the canyon walls squeezing the sky to a ribbon of blue, we didn’t see the thunderhead until it was nearly on top of us. Google’s Road Map to Global Domination 2013-12-11T16:54:21Z The large piles of cumulus clouds are called thunderheads for the very reason that they almost always precede a thunderstorm. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z There was a heavy mass of thunderheads in the sky, and few stars showed through. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z I am often in awe of clouds, as was the case when I shot this video of a remarkable thunderhead somewhere over the Midwest. Dot Earth Blog: A Reality Check on Clouds and Climate 2011-09-06T21:45:29Z The rain and thunderheads up there, With lightning they come, fast as a mare. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z They are misshapen, listing to one side, the ice cream rising like a thunderhead between the cookies. $25 and Under: New York?s New Frozen Treats 2011-07-19T23:42:41Z The heavy thunderheads that threatened earlier had now blanked the sun, bringing new rain that swept along the darkened shore in hard strokes. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z As an ominous thunderhead passed south of the stadium, the Mariners went up 7-3 with four runs in the fifth. Coke routed by Mariners for second time in a row 2011-04-27T02:46:13Z By day the steam puffs from the locomotives rise pinky-buff, or almost gold-color, and keep their shape for a few moments as firm as thunderheads. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z The sky would turn gray, then dark, inky blue as thunderheads bearing rain scouted a path above the tall oaks surrounding our house. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z He spotted Garret diving for a great thunderhead. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. High, dark thunderheads had risen up in the south, and already spatters of heavy tropical rain ricocheted off the shattered railing of the quartergallery. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Grogan had observed the darkening thunderhead of a frown on the wrestler's forehead. Oogie Finds Love The day had been very hot, and the west had piled up some threatening thunderheads. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Back toward Dry Bottom, and on the north and south, rose great, black thunderheads with white crests, seeming like mountains with snowcapped peaks. The Coming of the Law It was like the coming of a summer storm when the thunder god growls his wrath and lightning plays constantly over the giant thunderheads. Aces Up Then a stripe of white cut across the new thunderheads in the west, and the sky started to darken once again. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The sun broke through the thinning edge of the thunderhead. One Martian Afternoon Great thunderheads rose over the mainland, proclaiming heat on the desert. Tales of Fishes As if the death of the kid was their cue, masses of thick thunderheads turned over with a deep rumbling thunder. The White Feather Hex A quick current of warm air going up in a thunderhead cloud," he said, "which takes a spinning motion from the general whirl of the cyclone to which it belongs. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men A web of white laced across the thunderhead. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Predictable also were the towering thunderheads that formed over the mountains, the rolling thunder, and the vivid yellow flashes of lightning. The Status Civilization Far across the lonely space rose creamy clouds, thunderheads looming over the desert on the mainland. Tales of Fishes The sky darkened as the glistening thunderheads now taking on an ominous coloring warned the farmers of the impending storm. The White Feather Hex The evening was oppressive with its heat, and a ring of just-seen thunderheads gave premonitions of an approaching storm. Other Main-Travelled Roads Then a majestic thunderhead in the blazing September sky caught his attention and the miracle happened. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The previous night’s humidity had thickened to a gray cloudy soup, swift thunderheads coming in from all sides. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town The winding road beyond the ford leads, between cultivated fields on one side and the tree-bordered prairie on the other, up to the low horizon, where soft white thunderheads are heaped in the hazy blue. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 The storm which had threatened the night before, still was hovering about, as was evidenced by the white thunderheads piled on the horizon. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone The cloud pageant was magnificent, with huge billowy white masses across the valley, and to the west great black thunderheads rolling up. Tales of lonely trails The clouds were rolling up in the north and west in lofty thunderheads, pearl-white in the hot sun, with great blue valleys and gorges below, filled with shadows. Vandemark's Folly Presently the thunderheads ran together into big black clouds, which melted in turn into molten masses of smoky orange, so that the heavens were like burnished brass. The Village Watch-Tower It happens, too, That hither to the skies from the Beyond Do come those particles which make the clouds And flying thunderheads. On the Nature of Things The thunderheads they had seen earlier in the day now spread and covered the whole sky with a dark pall. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone They learned that the rose of sunset and the gold of sunrise were worth looking at; and that the massing of the thunderheads in the west meant more than just a shower. Just David The moment Waba-mooin saw her he turned black as a thunderhead. The Trail Book "I thought I noticed some thunderheads away off on the horizon when we first went up." The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise Down the south and west the huge thunderheads gathered and flashed and grumbled, as they had done every afternoon for days previous. The Blazed Trail "There are some clouds that look like thunderheads in the west," said Mrs. Frost, returning from an excursion to the part of the piazza commanding that quarter. Dr. Breen's Practice Before they got into it, he called Enid's attention to a mass of thunderheads in the west. One of Ours It had been a hot day, with great thunderhead, black and creamy white clouds rolling down from the canyon country. Wildfire Four heads turned as if governed by one brain; four pairs of eyes, of varied color and character, swept the wind-blown wilderness of tender green, and gazed questioningly at the high-piled thunderheads above. Her Prairie Knight Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunderheads overboard, and then you will float right and light.' Typee |
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