| [/ˈlaɪtnɪŋ; ˋlaɪtnɪŋ/] n 用法:
1 [U] flash of brilliant light in the sky produced by natural electricity passing between clouds or from clouds to the ground, usu followed by thunder 闪电:
be struck by lightning 遭雷电击中 *
a flash of lightning 一道闪电. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) lightning never strikes in the same place twice (saying 谚) an unusual event, or one that happens by chance, is not likely to occur again in exactly the same circumstances or to the same people 偶发的事不会在同一环境或同一人身上重演. like (greased) `lightning; like a streak of lightning; (as) quick as `lightning very fast 很快. lightning 2
[/ˈlaɪtnɪŋ; ˋlaɪtnɪŋ/] adj [attrib 作定语] 用法:
1 rapid, brief or sudden 闪电般的; 快速的; 短暂的; 突然的:
Police made a lightning raid on the house. 警方突然查抄了那座房子. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) with lightning `speed very fast 很快. |