单词 | lightning |
释义 | lightning/ˈlʌɪtnɪŋ![]() noun [mass noun] 1The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder: a tremendous flash of lightning...
1.1 [count noun] literary A flash or discharge of lightning: the sky was a mass of black cloud out of which lightnings flashed...
adjective [attributive] Very quick: a lightning cure for his hangover galloping across the country at lightning speed...
UsageThe form lightning is historically a contracted form of lightening (it was at one time spelled light’ning) but the two forms are now two distinct words. In the sense thunder and lightning and lightning speed, the spelling is always lightning, while in the sense ‘make or become lighter’ the spelling is always lightening. Phraseslightning never strikes twice in the same place like (greased) lightning OriginMiddle English: special use of lightening (verbal noun from lighten2). |
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