lightning

英[ˈlaɪtnɪŋ]美[ˈlaɪtnɪŋ]

adj.闪电般的，快速的；

n.闪电，雷电；

例句

Did that lightning shake you up?那闪电让你受惊了吧?

In the lightning I saw that the roof of the hut had been blown off.闪电的时候, 我看见棚屋的屋顶被掀掉了。

The big tree was split by the lightning.那棵大树被闪电劈开了。

The cat darted out of my room like lightning; something must have frightened it badly.猫飞快地冲出我房间, 一定是什么东西把它吓坏了.

Sundays fly by like lightning.星期天稍纵即逝.

His eyes glared like lightning.他的目光犹如一道闪电.

But the lightning conductor can work permanently.而这种避雷器,可永久使用.

A lightning conductor protects a building from damage by lightning.避雷针可保护建筑物不受雷击的破坏.

Probably, however, Franklin is most famous today for his inventions lightning conductor.但今天*使他出名的或许是他的发明.

We could hear the old Chinese scholartree riving and splitting under thundering and lightning.我们能听见古槐在雷鸣闪电中被劈裂的声音.

同义词

n.

lightning的同义词之：闪电,闪光放电

lightningauroraflashborealissheetlightselectricalpolarnorthernchainstrokeboltthunderboltdischargejag

adj.

lightning的同义词之：闪电的,闪电似的

fulgurantdazzlingsplit-secondelectrifyingflashingswiftspeedystreakinginstantaneous

词组

lightning never strikes twice in the same place

(proverb)an unusual situation or event is unlikely to happen again in exactly the same circumstances or to the same person(谚)罕见的事情不会在完全相同的情况下发生（或：奇异的事不会再次发生在同一个人身上）

like (greased) lightning

very quickly闪电般地迅疾

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The silk ribbon would stop the lightning from passing through his body.

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He did this in order to draw lightning from the clouds.

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For instance, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightning is electricity.

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But later on, it led to the invention of the lightning rod.

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Ben Franklin,one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod.

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N-UNCOUNT

闪电

Lightning is the very bright flashes of light in the sky that happen during thunderstorms.

例句

One man died when he was struck by lightning...一人遭雷击致死。Another flash of lightning lit up the cave.又一道闪电照亮了山洞。

ADJ

闪电似的；极快的

Lightning describes things that happen very quickly or last for only a short time.

例句

Driving today demands lightning reflexes.如今开车需要反应极其迅速。

英英词典释义

Noun

1. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

2. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

行业词典

大气科学： 闪电；大气中的强放电现象。按其发生的部位，可分为云中、云间或云地之间三种放电。；