lightning

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/|[ˈlʌɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ]|[ˈlɐɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. uncountable,usually
    — Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.
  2. A discharge of this kind. uncountable,usually
    — The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.
  3. Anything that moves very fast. figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Nobs, though, was lightning by comparison with the slow thinking beast and dodged his opponent's thrust with ease. Then he raced to the rear of the tremendous thing and seized it by the tail.
  4. Gin. archaic,slang,uncountable,usually
    — I took some gin but it did little to calm my mood. […] 'Come now, Bess,' she entreated, and poured another glass of lightning. 'Tell your old mother everything.' I took a gulp of the spirit, then babbled all, showing her the loot now in my possession.
  5. Obsolete form of lightening. alt-of,obsolete,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To produce lightning. childish,impersonal,intransitive,nonstandard
    — Or if it thundered and lightninged, Aunt Frances always dropped everything she might be doing and held Elizabeth Ann tightly in her arms until it was all over.
形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning. not-comparable
    — The insurgents then began their lightning advance along the Euphrates in the Sunni heartland toward Baghdad.

词形变化

lightnings plural lightnings present,singular,third-person lightninging participle,present lightninged participle,past lightninged past

词汇关系

衍生词
ball lightning bead lightning CG lightning chain lightning Chicago lightning dry lightning fast as lightning forked lightning fork lightning fossilized lightning globe lightning globular lightning greased lightning heat lightning IC lightning Jersey lightning Jewish lightning lightning arrester lightning beetle lightning bird lightning bolt lightning bruiser lightning bug lightning carrier lightning chess lightning conductor lightning crotch lightning detector lightning discharger lightning does not strike twice in the same place lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place lightning fast lightning in a bottle lightninglike lightningly lightning mapper lightning never strikes twice lightning never strikes twice in the same place lightningproof lightning protection system lightning-quick lightning rod lightning round lightning sketch lightning speed lightning storm lightning strike lightning talk lightning war like lightning quick as lightning ride the lightning scarlet lightning sheet lightning spider lightning superlightning thunder and lightning upward lightning volcanic lightning white lightning
并列词
thunder thunderbolt fulgural

词源

词源 1
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
词源 2
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
词源 3
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
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