lightning n. 1.闪电,电光。 2.意外的幸运。 3.〔美俚〕劣等威士忌酒。 chain [forked] lightning 叉状闪电。 heat [summer] lightning (夏季的)无声闪电,热闪。 sheet lightning 片状闪电。 The lightning has struck a house. 雷电击倒了一座房子。 chained lightning 〔美俚〕下等酒。 forty-rod lightning 〔美俚〕下等烈性酒。 a lightning before death 回光返照。 a lightning attack 突然袭击,闪电袭击。 at [like, with] (greased) lightning 闪电似的,风驰电掣地,一眨眼。 vi. 闪电。
It was jack-o-lanterns, or lightning bugs; so he set down again, and went to watching, same as before 那不过是些鬼火或者是萤火虫罢了。他便又坐了下来,象刚才那样,又盯着望。
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug 用得正确的词语与差不多正确的词语之间的分别,等于是闪电与萤火虫之间的分别。
But america's air force continued to experiment, converting a small jet-powered target drone, the firebee, into an unmanned spy plane called the lightning bug 但是美国空军仍没放弃进一步的试验,他们将一架小型喷气动力的靶机“火蜜蜂”转变为一架无人驾驶的侦察机,并取名为“闪电虫”。