? lateOE lihtness(e) light・ning /ltn/→

n.

1a 電光, 稲妻, 稲光.

・a flash of lightning 電光.

・forked lightning 折電.

・globular lightning 球電.

・zigzag lightning 折曲電, 折電.

・⇒ball lightning, chain lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning, heat lightning.

・(as) quick [fast] as lightning＝like (《口語》 greased) lightning＝like a streak of lightning 電光石火に, たちまち.

・The lightning struck a tree. その雷は木に落ちた.

・The house was struck by lightning. その家に落雷した.

b [形容詞的に] 電光の.