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单词 elve
释义

elve

[ elv ]
/ ɛlv /

noun

an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.

Origin of elve

First recorded in 1990–95; e(mission of) l(ight and) v(ery low-frequency perturbations from) e(lectromagnetic pulse sources)

Words nearby elve

eluvial, eluviate, eluviation, eluvium, Elva, elve, elver, elves, Elvira, Elvis, elvish
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Example sentences from the Web for elve

  • Elve le corbeau, il te crvera les yeux—Bring 25 up a raven, he will pick out your eyes.

    Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
  • Elve in French means up aloft, and elve means frequently transported with excitement.

    Archaic England|Harold Bayley

Scientific definitions for elve

elve
[ ĕlv ]

An extremely dim, short-lived, expanding disk of reddish light above thunderstorms, believed to be caused by electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning in the lower ionosphere. Elves last less than a second and can be as wide as 500 km (310 mi) in diameter.
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