blood and thunder

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Violent action and language, especially of a melodramatic kind, or the representation of this, or an aggressive or bad-tempered physical confrontation, typically in a sporting context.
    — […]she could fancy how Thurston was saying to himself: "But what's the good of this? It's blood and thunder we want. The old feller's getting past his work. He must go."
  2. A work of fiction featuring or characterized by bloodshed and violence; a sensationally violent story, drama, etc.
形容词 adj.
  1. Both melodramatically violent and aggressive; characterized by anger, or forthright ideas and expression. especially,not-comparable
    — blood-and-thunder stories
感叹词 intj.
  1. Expressing anger or exasperation. archaic,rare
    — Strap following, with the knapsack on his back, chanced to take the other side, and, by a jolt of the carriage, pitched directly upon the stomach of the captain, who bellowed out, in a most dreadful manner, “Blood and thunder! where’s my sword?”

词源

词源 1
blood (noun) + and (conjunction) + thunder (noun). First attested in 1696.
词源 2
blood (noun) + and (conjunction) + thunder (noun). First attested in 1696.
词源 3
blood (noun) + and (conjunction) + thunder (noun). First attested in 1696.
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