like lightning

基本解释

Then all of a sudden six animals had it. It spread like lightning.
之后，六头牛突然间全部被感染，该病的传播速度快如闪电。
Like lightning, meteors are very unpredictable, which is part of what makes capturing them with a camera so satisfying.
流星就像闪电一样，难以预测，这就是为什么拍摄流星需要一台满意的相机。
And, perhaps, unlearned as she was, she could have brought a dawning knowledge home to Mr Dombey at that early day, which would not then have struck him in the end like lightning.
虽然她没有什么文化知识，可是她却能够在事情一开始的时候，就让董贝先生了解一些情况，这样就不会在最后像闪电似地使他万分惊愕。

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