A roll of ball lightning bounced away from the wall there, crackled as it touched the metal floor.

一圈球形闪电从那里的墙上弹开，碰到金属地板时发出噼啪声。

He was a theoretician who had became famous for his discovery of the macroatom while studying ball lightning.

他是一位理论家，因在研究球形闪电时发现大原子而闻名。

The science fiction novel, first published in 2005, chronicles the life of Chen, a young man whose parents are killed during a mysterious ball lightning event.

这部科幻小说首次出版于 2005 年，记录了陈的一生，一个年轻人的父母在一次神秘的球闪电事件中丧生。

The tragedy propels Chen on a quest to understand and control the enigmatic phenomenon, leading him to become a physicist and dedicate his life to studying ball lightning.

这场悲剧促使陈开始探索和控制这种神秘的现象，使他成为一名物理学家，并致力于研究球状闪电。

The UFO was a solid mass that reflected the radar, and therefore, couldn’t have been ball lightning or any form of pure energy.

不明飞行物是反射雷达的固体物质，因此不可能是球状闪电或任何形式的纯能量。

While not as widely known or acclaimed as Liu's The Three-Body Problem trilogy, it still garnered attention and praise for its unique take on the phenomenon of ball lightning and its incorporation into the narrative.

虽然不像刘的《三体》三部曲那样广为人知或广受赞誉，但它仍然因其对球闪电现象的独特理解及其融入叙事而受到关注和赞扬。