| 单词 | lightning print |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslightning print lightning print n. a type of burn mark with an arborescent, fern-like pattern sometimes found on the skin of people or animals, or on other objects, that have been struck by lightning.These marks were at one time popularly supposed to be images of nearby objects imprinted on the person, etc., struck by lightning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > supposed photograph made by lightning lightning print1876 1876 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 Jan. 36/1 Signor Orioli brought before a scientific congress at Naples four narratives relating to lightning-prints. 1926 Daily Mail (Atlantic ed.) 7 Aug. 10/3 The most curious of all these lesions are the so-called ‘lightning prints’ or arborescent burns. 1997 P. O'Shaughnessy Obstruction of Justice i. iii. 31 The body exhibited lightning prints, reddish streaks that form a skin rash like a fern, on the trunk. < as lemmas |
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