- vt.
- 照亮；點(diǎn)亮；使明亮：
- Several candles lightened the darkness of the basement.
- 幾支蠟燭照亮了黑暗的地下室。
- 將(顏料等)調(diào)淡；使(顏料等)更淡：
- The painter lightened the red paint with white.
- 油漆匠用白漆把紅漆調(diào)淡。
- 閃現(xiàn)；閃電般的發(fā)出 (與 out 或 forth 連用)：
- “Happy birthday” lightened out on the wall when I opened my eyes.
- 當(dāng)我睜開眼睛時(shí)，“生日快樂”的字樣閃現(xiàn)在墻上。
- [古語]啟蒙；啟發(fā)；開導(dǎo)：
- Only the mighty God has the power on this dark land to lighten it.
- 只有萬能的上帝才有能力在這個愚昧的國土上教化它。
- vi.
- 變亮；發(fā)亮：
- The sky lightened after the severe storm.
- 狂風(fēng)暴雨之后天空變亮了。
- (臉)露出喜色；開朗起來：
- Her face lightened at the sight of her friend.
- 一看到朋友她便面露喜色。
- 燈閃；(發(fā))閃光；閃電般閃出：
- It thundered and lightened that stormy night.
- 那個暴風(fēng)雨之夜雷電交加。
- (顏料等)變淡
- [古語]閃爍；閃光；明亮
- lighten2
- ['lait?n]
- vt.
- 使輕，減輕…的重量；減輕…的負(fù)荷：
- She took one of the parcels from her father to lighten his load.
- 她從父親那兒拿過一個包以減輕他的負(fù)擔(dān)。
- They lightened the ship.
- 他們減少了船的載重。
- 緩和：
- His humorous remark lightened the tense atmosphere.
- 他的一番幽默的話緩和了緊張氣氛。
- 使快樂；使高興；使輕松愉快：
- The news lightened his mood.
- 這個消息使他的情緒輕松起來。
- vi.
- 變輕；(負(fù)擔(dān)等)減輕：
- As the war debt lightened, the economy of the country developed quickly.
- 由于戰(zhàn)爭負(fù)債減輕，這個國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)很快發(fā)展起來。
- 變輕松，變輕快，變得愉快；振作；變得緩和；(煩悶、沉悶感等)減輕：
- His heart lightened after he had solved the problem.
- 解決問題之后，他的心情變得輕松了。
- 近義詞:
- relieve
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