forked lightning

noun

1. 叉状闪电
   the type of lightning that is like a line that divides into smaller lines near the ground

1. 叉状闪电;之字形闪电
   Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.

1. The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.
   叉状的闪电照亮了黑沉沉的天空。
2. The waves were running mountains high and the inky clouds were riven by forked lightning.
   波涛汹涌如山，闪电象一把叉子似地划破了漆黑的云层。
3. The biramous appendages of an arthropod; long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects; a forked river; a forked tail; forked lightning; horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots.
   节肢动物的二枝肢体；分叉的河；分叉的尾巴；叉状闪电；山葵在贫瘠的土壤里生长可以长出双叉的根。
4. When you look back and see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or forked lightning.
   当你回头看去，看到那些宛如修剪过的盆景或是分叉的闪电的分支。
5. In contrast with three-dimensional lightning channel expansion results of two different channel expansion schemes in discharge parameterization, it was found that both the "Pos" and "Ran" schemes present the bidirectional leaders and the forked structure of the lightning channels.
   通过对比放电参数化方案中两种不同的通道扩展方案所得出的三维闪电通道，发现：本模式中使用Pos和Ran两种参数化方案均能模拟出拥有双向先导和分叉结构的闪电通道。

noun

1. a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)

   Synonym:    chain lightning