lightning

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n. 闪电 vi. 闪电 a. 闪电的

发音

/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
US /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
US /ˈlʌɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ/
US /ˈlɐɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ/

词形变化

lightnings 复数 lightnings lightninged lightninging lightnings 三单 lightninging 现在分词 lightninged 过去式 lightninged 过去分词

别名

lightening

教材释义与例句

名词

闪电

a powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity and usually followed by thunder

动词

闪电

形容词

闪电的；快速的

very fast, and often without warning

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

    闪电

    电光

    烁𬊶

    不可数

    Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.

  2. 2.

    A discharge of this kind.

    闪电

    不可数

    The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.

    That tree was hit by lightning.

  3. 3.

    Anything that moves very fast.

    比喻 不可数
  4. 4.

    Gin.

    古体 俚语 不可数
  5. 5.

    Obsolete form of lightening.

    废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To produce lightning.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

flash

下位词 6

bolt thunderbolt chain lightning forked lightning heat lightning sheet lightning

相关短语

lightning bug n. 萤火虫 lightning rod n. 避雷针 lightning conductor 避雷导线 [化] 避雷针 lightning detector lightning conductors lightning detectors lightning mapper lightning bugs lightning rods lightning never strikes twice in the same place lightning round lightning rounds lightning in a bottle lightning arrester 避雷器 [化] 避雷器 lightning discharger

词源

From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.

来源：wiktionary