lightning
noun [ U ] uk/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ us/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
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
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