| 单词 | electric spark |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric spark electric spark n. a luminous discharge caused by the passage of electricity through a gas or vapour; = spark n.1 6a; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > point of discharge > discontinuous discharge electric spark1745 spark1749 electric(al) spark1771 brush1789 brush discharge1849 jump spark1908 1745 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 194/1 M. Du Fay..could not succeed in his attempts to set on fire gunpowder by the electric spark. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvii. 646 Animated by the electric spark of genius. 1871 J. Lassell & C. Lassell tr. T. J. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. §7. 21 When the electric spark flashes from the thunder-cloud to the earth. 1924 G. E. Hale Depths of Universe i. 23 We can change this spectrum very decidedly..by placing some strontium chloride in an electric spark, which ionizes the vapor. 2001 K. Lette Nip 'n' Tuck 243 I spent ten years on Death Row readin' all about electric sparks. Me lawyers, see, they reckoned the electric chair was unconstit-chew-ional. electric(al) spark b. More fully in electric(al) spark. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > point of discharge > discontinuous discharge electric spark1745 spark1749 electric(al) spark1771 brush1789 brush discharge1849 jump spark1908 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 480/1 The electric spark will strike a hole through a quire of paper. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics x. 86 Similar bands are perceived in the light..of the electric spark. 1840 Brit. Florist (1846) I. 72 The flowers of this genus may be seen..to emit small electrical sparks or threads of light. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvii. 646 Animated by the electric spark of genius. < as lemmas |
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