| Englisch > Deutsch | |
| lightning | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] mit einem Lichtblitz verbundene elektrische Entladung | |
| [1] The building was struck by lightning. | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
| lightning | |
| 1. subst. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. |  |
| Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder. |  |
| 2. subst. A discharge of this kind. |  |
| The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand. |  |
| That tree was hit by lightning. |  |
| 3. subst. (figuratively) Anything that moves very fast. |  |
| 4. subst. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. |  |
| 5. adj. Extremely fast or sudden. |  |
| 6. adj. Moving at the speed of lightning. |  |
| 7. v. (impersonal, childish, or nonstandard) To produce lightning. |  |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
| Blitz | |
| 1. n-m. (meteorology) a bolt of lightning |  |
| Ein Blitz erhellte die Nacht. - A bolt of lightning lit the night. |  |
| 2. n-m. (photography) flash |  |