thunk
noun, exclamation uk/θʌŋk/ us/θʌŋk/
咚一声;砰一声（某物重重落下或撞击其他物体时发出的低沉声音）
a low sound made by something falling or hitting something else heavily
The suitcase fell off the end of the conveyor belt with a thunk. 手提箱砰的一声从传送带末端掉了下来。
It sounded like driving on a flat tyre. Thunk, thunk, thunk. 听起来像是轮胎瘪了但车还在继续开一样。咚，咚，咚。
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- People look forward to that thunk of a magazine coming through the letter box.
- With a resounding thunk, the door slammed shut.
- At one point, a 16-ounce steak skids off a plate en route to our table and hits the carpet with a thunk.
- We could hear the rip of tickets and the thunk of passport stamps.
- There was a resounding "Thunk!" as the baseball bat connected.
thunk
verb [ I + adv./prep., T ] uk/θʌŋk/ us/θʌŋk/
发出咚一声;发出砰一声
to fall or hit something with a low heavy sound, or to make something do this
The ball didn't bounce. It just thunked to the floor. 球没有弹起来，只是砰的一声掉在了地板上。
He thunked down the wheelbarrow. 他轰的一声把手推车推倒在地。
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- She thunked him on the chest with her fist.
- The heavy door thunked shut.
- A dart flew across the room and thunked into the woodwork.
- The axe flashed through the air, thunking solidly into the block.
- He started thunking his microphone against his forehead.
Idiom
who would've thunk it?idiom informal humorous (also who would've thunk that... ?, who woulda thunk it?, who'd a thunk it?) 谁能想到呢？（表示惊讶，或以幽默的口吻表示一点也不惊讶）
used for expressing surprise, or sometimes in a humorous way when something is not at all surprising
The songwriter, singer and entertainer became a US congressman. Who would've thunk it? 这位作曲家、歌手和艺人成了美国国会议员。谁能想到呢？
Who woulda thunk that cauliflower could actually become addictive? 谁会想到菜花居然会让人上瘾？
Well, another Sherlock Holmes series. Who'd a thunk it? 又是一个福尔摩斯系列。谁能想到呢？