| 单词 | forked lightning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforked lightning forked lightning n. lightning visible in the form of a zigzag or branching line across the sky; (now literary) a lightning flash of this form.ⓘ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > specific types fireball1611 forked lightning1611 summer lightning1679 ball of fire1684 thunder-ball1686 sheet lightning1794 wildfirea1831 heat-lightning1834 globular lightning1843 ribbon lightning1888 beaded lightning1889 bead lightning1899 1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. sig. G2 They could haue wrought by nobler waies: haue strooke Thy foes with forked lightning; or ramm'd thunder. 1735 S. Bowden Poet. Ess. II. 97 The forked Lightnings..From thy dread Arm with pointed Fury fly, And ting'd with ruddy Vengeance sweep the Sky. 1835 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xiv. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 789/2 The forked lightning crankled out every now and then clear and bright. 1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mtns. vii. 97 From it [sc. Long's Peak] come all storms of snow and wind, and the forked lightnings play around its head like a glory. 1949 D. Smith I Capture Castle (1995) iv. 40 It is as if she is egging the weather on, wanting louder claps of thunder and positively encouraging forked lightning. 2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 9 As the wind tugs at his topi and forked lightning divides the sky into fleeting segments, he is struck by the thought that perhaps he has been a fool. < as lemmas |
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