| 单词 | ball lightning |
| 释义 | ball lightningnouna rare form of lightning, consisting of a bright, luminous ball that moves rapidly along objects or floats in the air. Also called globe lightning. Origin of ball lightningFirst recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby ball lightningballistocardiogram, ballistocardiograph, ballistospore, ballium, ball joint, ball lightning, ball mill, ballocks, ball of fire, ball of foot, ball of wax Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ball lightning
British Dictionary definitions for ball lightningball lightning nounmeteorol a luminous electrically charged ball occasionally seen during electrical storms Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for ball lightningball lightning A rare form of lightning in the shape of a glowing red ball, associated with thunderstorms and sometimes accompanied by a loud noise. Ball lightning is thought to consist of ionized gas. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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