light
ning
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闪电, 电光
a bright flash, caused by electricity, in the sky or one that hits the ground from within the clouds
- The sky lit up with a brilliant flash of lightning during the storm.
暴风雨期间，天空被一道明亮的闪电照亮。
- She saw a bolt of lightning strike a tree in the distance.
她看到一道闪电击中了远处的一棵树。
- The lightning illuminated the entire landscape for a brief moment.
闪电在一瞬间照亮了整个景观。
- We counted the seconds between the lightning and the thunder to estimate the storm's distance.
我们计算了闪电和雷声之间的秒数来估计风暴的距离。
- The children watched in awe as lightning danced across the sky.
孩子们敬畏地看着闪电在天空中舞动。
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a sudden, extremely fast movement or action
- The magician made the coin vanish in a lightning of motion.
- He reacted in a lightning of reflex to catch the falling vase.
- Thoughts came in a lightning, leaving her momentarily speechless.
- The cat darted across the room in a lightning.
- She completed the puzzle in a lightning of insight.