| 单词 | to thunder and lighten |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto thunder and lighten (a) intransitive. To give off or emit flashes of lightning. Chiefly with non-referential it in it lightens, it is lightening, etc. Often in to thunder and lighten. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (intransitive)] > flash lightning laita1225 lightena1398 levina1400 flush-flash1582 fulgurate1677 flash1791 fork1807 streak1849 lightning1861 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [verb (intransitive)] > lighten laita1225 lightena1398 levina1400 lightning1861 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. iv. 579 A cloude is..as it were modir of alle þinges þat beþ gendred in þe eyr..now he rayneþ,..now he liȝtneþ, and now he þondreþ. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 352 Hit lyghtned and thundirde as hit had bene wylde. 1555 R. Eden tr. A. Vespucci in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 244v The heauen..neuer ceased thunderyng rorynge, and lyghtenynge with terrible noyse. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods 203 in Wks. (1640) III God lightens not at mans each fraile offence. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 200 Two of the Men..cried out, it lightened; one said, he saw the Flash. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 285 It may thunder and lighten before the close of evening. View more context for this quotation 1855 Reynolds's Misc. 28 July 12/2 We have an awful storm, and it is thundering and lightning and raining in torrents. 2012 Itar-Tass (Nexis) 11 Aug. When pilots performed aerobatics it lightened and thundered. But the bad weather did not prevent professionals from reaching the acme of skill. < as lemmas |
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