lightning

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.light‧ning¹ /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: lighten 'to become less dark']
1. a powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity and usually followed by ↑thunder:
Two farmworkers were struck by lightning (=hit by lightning).
Lightning flashed overhead.
2. like lightning extremely quickly:
Mitch moved like lightning and caught the little girl before she fell.
3. lightning never strikes twice something bad or unpleasant is not likely to happen to the same people or in the same place twice
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COLLOCATIONS
phrases
▪ a flash of lightning/a lightning flash (=a sudden light from lightning) Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder. | A series of lightning flashes crackled overhead.
▪ a bolt of lightning/a lightning bolt (=lightning that appears as a long white line) The tree was struck by a lightning bolt.
▪ a lightning strike (=an occasion when lightning hits something) A lightning strike sent a surge through the electricity supply system.
▪ a lightning storm A lightning storm lit up the night sky.
▪ thunder and lightning After a few minutes, the thunder and lightning moved further away.
verbs
▪ lightning flashes Lightning flashed in the sky, and there was a loud crash of thunder.
▪ lightning hits/strikes something The house had been hit by lightning.
▪ lightning lights (up) something Lightning lit up the room briefly.
adjectives
▪ forked lightning (=lightning that appears as lines connected to each other) Forked lightning spread across the sky.
▪ sheet lightning (=lightning that appears as a sudden flash of brightness covering a large area of sky) Thunder rumbled and sheet lightning flashed ominously among the clouds.
II.lightning² BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
very fast, and often without warning:
a lightning attack
at/with lightning speed (=extremely quickly)

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lightning
Lightning is a flash of light in the sky caused by an electrical storm.

◎	['laitniη]
※	danh từ
	■	chớp; sét
		☆	to be struck by lightning
			bị sét đánh
		☆	a flash of lightning
			một tia chớp
		☆	as quick as lightning ,like a streak of lightning ; like (greased) lightning
			nhanh như chớp, trong nháy mắt
	〆	lightning never strikes in the same place twice
		✓	(tục ngữ) sét chẳng đánh ai hai lần
※	tính từ
	■	đột ngột, nhanh như cắt
		☆	a lightning strike
			cuộc đình công đột ngột (không báo trước)
		☆	lightning war
			chiến tranh chớp nhoáng
	〆	with lightning speed
		✓	rất nhanh, chớp nhoáng