| 单词 | like bottled lightning |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike bottled lightning b. figurative. Stored or concentrated energy, vitality, or dynamism. Also in like bottled lightning and variants: with great intensity or energy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > concentrated energy bent1581 bottled lightning1899 1899 W. James Talks to Teachers 210 There are plenty of bottled-lightning temperaments in other countries, and plenty of phlegmatic temperaments here. 1927 Youth's Compan. 6 Jan. 3/1 He had to work like bottled lightning with the cork out. 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) ii. viii. 660 He was expecting some sort of resistance, but what he got was bottled lightning. The stallion shot forward..kicking out in a frenzy. 1991 Angeles Mar. 40/2 It can zap the retina like bottled lightning. 2006 Billboard 20 May 34/2 While live sets can be duds, this three-CD package detonates...Label it all bottled lightning. < as lemmas |
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