单词 | lightning bolt |
释义 | lightning boltn. A visible discharge of lightning, a thunderbolt. Cf. bolt n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of laitc900 slaughta1300 levinc1300 fire-slaughta1400 flaughta1400 thunderboltc1440 fudder1513 fire-flaughta1522 flag of firea1522 bolt1535 strokea1542 lightning bolta1560 lightning1560 fire-bolt?1562 fulgur1563 fulmen1563 thunder-thump1563 light-bolt1582 fire-flash1586 blaze1590 flake1590 clap1591 blastc1665 glade1744 streak1781 thunder-ball1820 leader stroke1934 a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig.Ff.i But thrown with strength extreme a troncheon speare most strong to weld big lyke a lightning bolt at him he draue. 1639 T. Heywood Londini Status Pacatus sig. C2v When like shooting Comets It's lightning bolts the thundring Cannon vomets. 1734 Gentleman's Mag. July 386/1 Lightning bolts assail the towers which rise. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. x. 241 Full in his face the lightning-bolt was driven. 1976 Pop. Mech. Aug. 52/2 Lightning bolts striking the earth each day generate a total of 3456 trillion hp. 2011 Independent 25 Feb. 35 (caption) A lightning bolt shoots from a cloud in South Dakota during a fierce storm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < |
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