帮忙看看这句话的意思There was a terrible noise followed by the sudden

followed by 和was 没有关系,there was是一种句型,翻译为有..
而followed by直译为被...跟随.
这句话里followed by the sudden burst of laughter是noise 的被动式的定语.
也可以理解为follow by 是固定短语.
这句话翻译为：（那儿）有刺耳的噪声,随后又传来哈哈大笑声.
是的,用following就是先有笑声再有噪声.