heatlightning

heatlightning
n.闪电

English-Chinese dictionary of mining (英汉矿业大词典). 2013.

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  • heatlightning — heat lightning n. Intermittent flashes of light near the horizon, usually seen on a hot summer evening, unaccompanied by thunder and thought to be cloud reflections of distant lightning. * * * …   Universalium

  • Heat lightning — is a misnomer for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not have accompanying sounds of thunder. Heat lightning was named because it often occurs on hot summer nights, and to distinguish… …   Wikipedia

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