单词 | electrical storm |
释义 | > as lemmaselectrical storm electrical storm n. Meteorology a thunderstorm or other violent disturbance of the electrical condition of the atmosphere, often causing interference with electrical transmissions; = electric storm n. at electric adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1843 W. S. Harris On Nature of Thunderstorms i. 64 He was watching the progress of an electrical storm a great way off, and..was observing by a stop-watch, the time which elapsed before the sound of the thunder reached him. 1948 J. R. Ellingston Protecting Our Children viii. 97 The climax came when a bad electrical storm put the camp's lighting system out of commission. 1993 Harper's Mag. Jan. 70/1 Though the radio may crackle or the lights flicker and dim during an electrical storm, they normally recover without so much as blowing a fuse. < as lemmas |
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