| 单词 | lightning bug |
| 释义 | lightning bug noun[C] USuk/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ ˌbʌɡ/us/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ ˌbʌɡ/afirefly 萤火虫（同 firefly） James Jordan Photography/Moment/GettyImages Insect names
lightning bug| American Dictionarylightning bug noun[C] us/ˈlɑɪt·nɪŋ ˌbʌɡ/afirefly Examplesoflightning buglightning bug A range of things that swing, blink or pulsate share this quality, including clock pendulums, lightning bugs and heart cells. FromPhys.Org But the numbers of "lightning bugs" appear to be dropping. FromPhys.Org Lightning bugs and other bioluminescent animals produce their glow from a chemical reaction. FromWired Lightning bugs as big as giant beetles float through the air at night, staying lit for seconds at a time. FromNational Geographic And when we accidentally paddled over a school of startled juvenile herring, they jumped out of the water looking like kamikaze lightning bugs. FromThe Seattle Times Long and narrow, it looked like a kalsomined cave illumined by alightningbugin a bottle when he turned the electric switch. FromProject Gutenberg They saw many lights sparkling, and out to sea was a tall lighthouse with a gleaming beacon which flickered like a giantlightningbug. FromProject Gutenberg All around in the sand were little pieces of wood, set in a circle, and on each piece of wood was alightningbug. FromProject Gutenberg I don't believe he ever would have found them, but for a kind oldlightningbug, who flew on ahead, to light the way for him. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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