lightning
英 ['laɪtnɪŋ]
美['laɪtnɪŋ]
- adj. 闪电的；快速的
- n. 闪电
- vi. 闪电
中文词源
lightning 闪电
来自light,发光，照明，插入鼻音字母n,引申词义闪电。
英英释意
- 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
英文词源
- lightning
- lightning: [14] Etymologically, lightning is simply something that illuminates, or ‘lightens’, the sky. The word is a contraction of an earlier lightening, a derivative of lighten ‘make light’. The Old English word for ‘lightning’ was lēget, which is related to light. In Middle English it became leit, and later leiting, but in the 14th century lightning took over as the main form.
=> light - lightning (n.)
- late 13c., present participle of lightnen "make bright," extended form of Old English lihting, from leht (see light (n.)). Meaning "cheap, raw whiskey" is attested from 1781, also sometimes "gin." Lightning bug is attested from 1778. Lightning rod from 1790.
考试真题
- The silk ribbon would stop the lightning from passing through his body.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- He did this in order to draw lightning from the clouds.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- For instance, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightning is electricity.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- But later on, it led to the invention of the lightning rod.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- Ben Franklin,one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod.
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词组搭配
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
实用场景例句
- (North Amercian English) Lightning strikes caused scores of fires across the state.
- 雷击给整个州造成了数十起火灾。
牛津词典
- a flash of lightning
- 一道闪电
牛津词典
- a violent storm with thunder and lightning
- 夹着雷鸣电闪的暴风雨
牛津词典
- He was struck by lightning and killed.
- 他被闪电击中而死。
牛津词典
- One man died when he was struck by lightning...
- 一人遭雷击致死。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Another flash of lightning lit up the cave.
- 又一道闪电照亮了山洞。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Driving today demands lightning reflexes.
- 如今开车需要反应极其迅速。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Lightning streaks from cloud to cloud.
- 闪电划过朵朵乌云.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Lightning zigzagged across the sky.
- 闪电曲折地在天空划过.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky.
- 流星像一道闪光划过天空.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.
- 闪电在天空划出一道Z字形.
《简明英汉词典》
- The motorcycle raced along the street at lightning speed.
- 摩托车飞快地从街上驶过.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed.
- 雷轰电闪.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Did that lightning shake you up?
- 那闪电让你受惊了 吧 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- The old tree was struck by lightning.
- 老树让雷劈了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.
- 森林有时因雷击而起火.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The big tree was split by the lightning.
- 那棵大树被闪电劈开了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Police and the villagers all unanimously ascribed the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
- 警方和村民一致把森林失火归因于雷电.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Lightning flashed through the air.
- 闪电从空中闪过.
《简明英汉词典》
- A bolt of lightning lit up the sky.
- (一道)闪电照亮了天空.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Lightning tore the tree in sunder.
- 闪电把树劈成两半.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- As the huge clouds rolled up accompanied by thunder and lightning, It'seemed as though we were watching a war of the elements.
- 乌云翻滚,雷电交加, 我们似乎看到了一场大自然的搏斗.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The lightning was vivid.
- 闪电光辉夺目.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- What a vivid flash of lightning!
- 多么明亮的一道闪光!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Thunder often accompanies lightning.
- 雷声常伴着闪电.
《简明英汉词典》
- Black clouds, thunder and lightning show that a storm is imminent.
- 乌云 、 雷、电表明一场风暴已迫在眉睫.
《用法词典》
- Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.
- 富兰克林的实验表明闪电是一种放电.
《现代汉英综合大词典》