lightning
n
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 閃電
be struck by lightning 遭雷電擊中
a flash of lightning 一道閃電.
2 (idm 習語) lightning never strikes in the same place twice (saying 諺) 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 偶發(fā)的事不會在同一環(huán)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 adj [attrib 作定語]
1 rapid, brief or sudden 閃電般的; 快速的; 短暫的; 突然的
Police made a lightning raid on the house. 警方突然查抄了那座房子.
2 (idm 習語) with lightning `speed very fast 很快.
?? 擴展釋義
*['laitni?]n. 閃電vi. 閃電a. 閃電的【機】 閃相關詞組: quick like lightning