lightning
noun [ U ] uk/?la?t.n??/ us/?la?t.n??/
B1 闪电
a flash of bright light in the sky that is produced by electricity moving between clouds or from clouds to the ground
thunder and lightning 雷电
a flash/bolt of lightning 一道闪电
That tree was struck by lightning. 那棵树被闪电击中了。
She changed her clothes with lightning speed (= extremely quickly). 她飞快地换了衣服。
- More examples
- Fractals are used in the study of things like forked lightning and to produce some types of computer graphics.
- The computer failure was due to a glitch caused by lightning.
- The lightning had damaged the plane's instruments, and they weren't giving any readings.
- Have you ever been struck by lightning?
- A special system prevents the circuitry being tripped accidentally by a power surge or lightning strike.
Idioms
lightning never strikes twiceidiom saying 闪电不会两次击中同一个地方；倒霉事不会总落在同一个人身上；一事不过二
#p#分页标题#e#said to show that it is unlikely that something bad or unusual will happen to the same person twice
like lightningidiom 闪电般地，极快地
extremely quickly
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