Word · Frequency #6393
lightning
闪电；闪电的闪光
核心释义
a flash of light in the sky caused by an electric discharge, usually during a storm
- 1.
云中、云间或云与地面之间短时间高电压放电产生的闪光
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.
- 2.
闪电(云与云之间或云与地之间突然发生的伴随发光的放电现象)
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
- 3.
这种放电
A discharge of this kind.
- 4.
闪光(大气中放电时伴随的闪光,或类似闪光；可持续一秒或更久)
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
- 5.
非常快速的事物
Anything that moves very fast.
极快的事物；飞快的东西；云中、云间或云与地面之间短时间高电压放电产生的闪光；闪电(云与云之间或云与地之间突然发生的伴随发光的放电现象)；这种放电；闪光(大气中放电时伴随的闪光,或类似闪光；可持续一秒或更久)
用法In use
The lightning lit up the whole sky for a second.
用法提示：这里 lightning 是不可数名词，指闪电发出的闪光。
We watched the lightning from the safety of our porch.
用法提示：lightning 作名词，表示闪电这一自然现象。
A flash of lightning struck the old tree in the field.
用法提示：lightning 与 a flash of 搭配，指一次闪电放电。
lightning strike(s)/hit(s) sth
lightning 作主语泛指这种自然现象时，前面一般不加冠词。
Lightning struck the old oak tree.
闪电击中了那棵老橡树。
be struck by lightning
这一被动结构常用来表示人或物遭雷击。
The house was struck by lightning during the storm.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- thunder and lightning
- 雷电
- The storm brought thunder and lightning all night.这场暴风雨整夜雷电交加。
- a flash of lightning
- 一道闪电
- A flash of lightning lit up the whole sky.一道闪电照亮了整个天空。
- a bolt of lightning
- 一道霹雳；一道闪电
- A bolt of lightning struck the old tree.一道闪电击中了那棵老树。
- lightning strike
- 雷击
- The fire was caused by a lightning strike.这场火灾是由雷击引起的。
- lightning rod
- 避雷针
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
lightning 通常作不可数名词，如 a flash of lightning；表示多次闪电时偶用复数 lightnings，但现代英语中很少见。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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