thudding

1. N-COUNT (重物撞击软物时的)沉闷声，低沉声
   A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft.
   1. She tripped and fell with a sickening thud...
      她绊了一下，重重地摔倒在地。
   2. Much of their study and revision was done to the thud of hammers and pneumatic drills...
      他们学习和复习时大多都伴着锤子和风钻沉闷的敲击声。
   3. I heard the regular thud thud thud of running shoes behind me.
      我听到身后跑鞋有节奏地噔噔噔地响着。
2. VERB 发出沉重的声音;砰砰作响
   If something thuds somewhere, it makes a dull sound, usually when it falls onto or hits something else.
   1. She ran up the stairs, her bare feet thudding on the wood...
      她光着脚噔噔地跑上木质楼梯。
   2. The windscreen wipers thudded back and forth...
      挡风玻璃上的雨刮“啪嗒啪嗒”地来回摆动。
   3. There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door.
      卧室门上发出一声沉重的撞击声。
3. VERB (心脏)咚咚跳，怦怦跳
   When your heart thuds, it beats strongly and rather quickly, for example because you are very frightened or very happy.
   1. My heart had started to thud, and my mouth was dry...
      我的心开始咚咚跳，嘴里发干。
   2. Jessica's heart was thudding against her ribcage.
      杰茜卡的心在胸腔里剧烈地跳动着。
   3. ...exercises to help you slow your breathing and quiet your thudding heart.
      让你心平气和的锻炼

1. She ran up the stairs, her bare feet thudding on the wood
   她光着脚噔噔地跑上木质楼梯。
2. There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door.
   卧室门上发出一声沉重的撞击声。
3. Jessica's heart was thudding against her ribcage.
   杰茜卡的心在胸腔里剧烈地跳动着。
4. But all I heard all I willed myself to hear was the thudding of blood in my head.
   但我所能听到的我迫使自己听到的是脑袋里血液奔流的声音。
5. The dull thud; thudding bullets; thumping feet on the carpeted stairs.
   砰的一声；砰砰的子弹声；铺着地毯的楼梯上砰砰的脚步声。
6. A few motar shells were landing somewhere with a flat thudding sound.
   不知哪里落了几颗迫击炮弹，闷声闷气地轰轰几响。
7. She spoke slowly, with a thudding heart.
   她慢吞吞地讲着，心怦怦直跳。
8. His feet came thudding up the stairs.
   他的脚砰砰砰走上楼梯。
9. The sound of branches thudding against the walls of the hut
   树枝碰击木屋墙壁发出的声音
10. He began his pullout at a thousand feet, wingtips thudding and blurring in that gigantic wind, the boat and the crowd of gulls tilting and growing meteor-fast, directly in his path.
    他在一千英尺的高度改变飞行姿势。翼梢在狂风中噼啪直响，轮廓都模糊了；海鸥群斜着在他身旁掠过，疾如流星迸射。
11. I could hear him thudding about upstairs in his heavy boots.
    我听见他穿着沉重的靴子在楼上咯咯地走来走去。
12. I stroke his wrist, letting my fingers slide up that inner tendon and wonder whether it's his pulse that's thudding so hard under the skin, or mine.
    我抚摸他的手腕，听任自己的手指顺着那根内腱往上滑动，不知道是他的脉搏还是我的脉搏在皮肤下面扑通扑通跳得那样厉害。
13. We heard him thudding up the stairs.
    我们听见他瞪磴地上楼。

adj

1. not clear and resonant
   1. the dull thud
   2. thudding bullets

   Synonym:    dull