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- [落雷] thunderbolt【C】雷電《thunder(雷鳴)と lightning (稲妻)を合せたもの》;落雷.落雷
thunderbolt
bolt of lightning* * *らくらい【落雷】thunderbolt〖C〗雷電《thunder(雷鳴)と lightning (稲妻)を合せたもの》;落雷.* * *らくらい【落雷】the falling of a thunderbolt.~する 〈場所が主語〉 be struck by (a bolt of) lightning.●木に落雷した. The tree was struck by lightning.
・近所で 3 か所に落雷した. There were three lightning strikes in our neighborhood.
●落雷で松の大木が裂けた. The lightning splintered a big pine tree.
・送電線への落雷で一帯が停電した. The power was cut off in the whole neighborhood when lightning struck the power cable.
●山登りの一行は落雷にあった. The climbing party was struck by lightning. | A thunderbolt struck the climbing party.
・落雷に打たれてゴルファーが 2 人死んだ. The lightning struck a couple of golfers dead.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.