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fulmination的意思

fulmination

['fʌlmə'neiʃən]
  • n. 严词谴责;爆发;爆鸣

fulmination

英文词源


fulmination (n.)
c. 1500, "act of thundering forth denunciations," from Middle French fulmination, from Latin fulminationem (nominative fulminatio) "a discharge of lightning," noun of action from past participle stem of fulminare "to hurl lightning" (see fulminate). Literal sense "act of exploding or detonating" (1620s) is rare in English.