Lightning

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light.

录入:诺兰

• Bred in the country, he had attentively observed the effect of lightning on trees and cattle. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• They spoke low, as people watching and waiting mostly do; as people in a dark room, watching and waiting for Lightning, always do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There is a great crowd bearing down upon us, Miss Manette, and I see them--by the Lightning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The vault above became obscured, lightning flashed from the heavy masses, followed instantaneously by crashing thunder; then the big rain fell. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The lightning is made his swift messenger, and thought flashes in submarine depths around the world. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Swift as lightning he drew back and brought his free hand down like a hawk on the neck of the rabbit. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Like lightning he wheeled and before I could so much as lower my hand the point of his long-sword was at my breast. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• So the three gentlemen walked down to see the Lightning coach come in. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But when father said he'd give him up to police, he gave a great cry, and struck father on th' face wi' his closed fist, and be off like lightning. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The third was as quick as lightning. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Its moving principle flows more silently than a summer’s zephyr, and yet it rises at times to an angry and deadly crash in the lightning stroke. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• As time went on the messages came with such lightning speed that the whole force gathered about to see the new man work. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It does not take a long time to strike a man with Lightning, said Defarge. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It was a hot, wild night, and they were all three reminded of the old Sunday night when they had looked at the lightning from the same place. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Though not exactly to my taste, still, by the Thunder and the Lightning! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• During this short voyage I saw the lightnings playing on the summit of Mont Bl?nc in the most beautiful figures. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• To find a new planet, to invent a new hinge, to find the way to make the lightnings carry your messages. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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