lightning
adj. 閃電般的,快速的
n. 閃電,雷電
Lightning is the very bright flashes of light in the sky that happen during thunderstorms.
One man died when he was struck by lightning...
一人遭雷擊致死。
Another flash of lightning lit up the cave.
又一道閃電照亮了山洞。
Lightning describes things that happen very quickly or last for only a short time.
Driving today demands lightning reflexes.
如今開車需要反應極其迅速。
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
lightning never strikes twice in the same place
(諺)罕見的事情不會在完全相同的情況下發生(或:奇異的事不會再次發生在同一個人身上)
like (greased) lightning
閃電般地迅疾
Lightning streaks from cloud to cloud.
閃電劃過朵朵烏雲.
Lightning zigzagged across the sky.
閃電曲折地在天空劃過.
Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky.
流星像一道閃光劃過天空.
The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.
閃電在天空劃出一道Z字形.
The motorcycle raced along the street at lightning speed.
摩托車飛快地從街上駛過.