light

noun

1. any device serving as a source of illumination

e.g. he stopped the car and turned off the lights

Synonym: light source

2. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

e.g. do you have a light?

Synonym: lighterigniterignitor

3. the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures

e.g. he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark

Synonym: lightness

4. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

e.g. he had a sparkle in his eye
there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes

Synonym: sparkletwinklespark

5. the quality of being luminous
emitting or reflecting light

e.g. its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun

Synonym: luminositybrightnessbrightness levelluminanceluminousness

6. public awareness

e.g. it brought the scandal to light

7. mental understanding as an enlightening experience

e.g. he finally saw the light
can you shed light on this problem?

8. a particular perspective or aspect of a situation

e.g. although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand

9. a visual warning signal

e.g. they saw the light of the beacon
there was a light at every corner

10. an illuminated area

e.g. he stepped into the light

11. a person regarded very fondly

e.g. the light of my life

12. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

e.g. the light was filtered through a soft glass window

Synonym: visible lightvisible radiation

13. having abundant light or illumination

e.g. they played as long as it was light
as long as the lighting was good

Synonym: lighting

14. a condition of spiritual awareness
divine illumination

e.g. follow God's light

Synonym: illumination

verb

1. make lighter or brighter

e.g. This lamp lightens the room a bit

Synonym: illumeilluminelight upilluminate

2. begin to smoke

e.g. After the meal, some of the diners lit up

Synonym: light upfire up

3. alight from (a horse)

Synonym: unhorsedismountget offget down

4. to come to rest, settle

e.g. Misfortune lighted upon him

Synonym: alightperch

5. fall to somebody by assignment or lot

e.g. The task fell to me
It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims

Synonym: fall

6. cause to start burning
subject to fire or great heat

e.g. Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter
Light a cigarette

Synonym: ignite

adj

1. characterized by or emitting light

e.g. a room that is light when the shutters are open
the inside of the house was airy and light

2. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

e.g. her easy virtue
he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
wanton behavior

Synonym: easyloosepromiscuoussluttishwanton

3. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

e.g. light blue
light colors such as pastels
a light-colored powder

Synonym: light-colored

4. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency

e.g. light soil

5. (of sleep) easily disturbed

e.g. in a light doze
a light sleeper
a restless wakeful night

Synonym: wakeful

6. demanding little effort
not burdensome

e.g. light housework
light exercise

7. having relatively few calories

e.g. diet cola
light (or lite) beer
lite (or light) mayonnaise
a low-cal diet

Synonym: litelow-calcalorie-free

8. easily assimilated in the alimentary canal
not rich or heavily seasoned

e.g. a light diet

9. of comparatively little physical weight or density

e.g. a light load
magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C

10. designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight

e.g. light aircraft
a light truck

11. psychologically light
especially free from sadness or troubles

e.g. a light heart

12. not great in degree or quantity or number

e.g. a light sentence
a light accent
casualties were light
light snow was falling
light misty rain
light smoke from the chimney

13. (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average

e.g. light water is ordinary water

14. of little intensity or power or force

e.g. the light touch of her fingers
a light breeze

15. moving easily and quickly
nimble

e.g. the dancer was light and graceful
a lightsome buoyant step
walked with a light tripping step

Synonym: lightsometripping

16. of the military or industry
using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment

e.g. light infantry
light cavalry
light industry
light weapons

17. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

e.g. efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
clear laughter like a waterfall
clear reds and blues
a light lilting voice like a silver bell

Synonym: cleanclearunclouded

18. silly or trivial

e.g. idle pleasure
light banter
light idle chatter

Synonym: idle

19. intended primarily as entertainment
not serious or profound

e.g. light verse
a light comedy

20. having little importance

e.g. losing his job was no light matter

21. (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

e.g. a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable
a weak stress on the second syllable

Synonym: unaccentedweak

22. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

e.g. a light pound
a scant cup of sugar
regularly gives short weight

Synonym: scant(p)short

23. very thin and insubstantial

e.g. thin paper
light summer dresses

24. weak and likely to lose consciousness

e.g. suddenly felt faint from the pain
was sick and faint from hunger
felt light in the head
a swooning fit
light-headed with wine
light-headed from lack of sleep

Synonym: faintswooninglight-headedlightheaded

light的解释

adv

1. with few burdens

e.g. experienced travellers travel light

Synonym: lightly

光亮；照明（BRIGHTNESS OR ILLUMINATION）

1. 光；光线；光亮
Light is the brightness that lets you see things. Light comes from sources such as the sun, moon, lamps, and fire.

e.g. Cracks of light filtered through the shutters...
斑驳的光线透过百叶窗照射进来。
e.g. Light and water in embassy buildings were cut off...
大使馆内的水电都被切断了。

2. 发光体；光源；（电）灯
A light is something such as an electric lamp which produces light.

light的意思

e.g. The janitor comes round to turn the lights out...
看门人巡视一圈，把灯熄灭。
e.g. You get into the music, the lights and the people around you.
你融入到音乐、灯光以及身边的人群中。

3. 交通信号灯；红绿灯
You can use lights to refer to a set of traffic lights.

e.g. ...the heavy city traffic with its endless delays at lights and crossings.
在交通灯和十字路口前长久等待的拥堵的城市车流

4. 照亮；照耀
If a place or object is lit by something, it has light shining on it.

e.g. It was dark and a giant moon lit the road so brightly you could see the landscape clearly...
天黑了，一轮巨大的月亮把道路照得通明，周围的景物可以看得一清二楚。
e.g. The room was lit by only the one light...
房间里仅靠这一盏灯照明。

5. （清晨或黄昏）天色亮的
If it is light, the sun is providing light at the beginning or end of the day.

e.g. It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek...
我们到达拉隆溪时天还没黑。
e.g. He would often rise as soon as it was light and go into the garden.
他经常天一亮就起床去花园。

6. （自然）光线充足的
If a room or building is light, it has a lot of natural light in it, for example because it has large windows.

light在线翻译

e.g. It is a light room with tall windows...
这间房有高大的窗子，光线充足。
e.g. Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.
她的房子光线充足，空气流通，清新整洁。

7. 点燃；点着
If you light something such as a cigarette or fire, or if it lights, it starts burning.

light

e.g. Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette...
斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。
e.g. If the charcoal does fail to light, use a special liquid spray and light it with a long taper.
要是木炭确实着不了的话，使用一种特殊的液体喷剂，再用长木片将其点燃。

8. （火柴、打火机等）点火物
If someone asks you for a light, they want a match or cigarette lighter so they can start smoking.

e.g. Have you got a light anybody?
你们谁有火吗？

9. 角度；（事物呈现的）状态
If something is presented in a particular light, it is presented so that you think about it in a particular way or so that it appears to be of a particular nature.

e.g. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
最近几个月里他努力从更积极的角度来描绘纽约。

10. 影响
You can refer to the type of influence that something has on situations, people, or things as the light of that situation, person, or thing.

light

e.g. ...the harsh light of reality.
现实严酷的一面

11. 眼光；（个人的）观点，标准
You say that something is done or is acceptable according to someone's lights when you mean that it is done or is acceptable according to their own ideas and standards.

e.g. They can get on with running the school system according to their own lights and in their own interests.
他们可以继续按照自己的想法，依据自己的利益来管理学校系统。

12. 眼神；目光
If there is a light in someone's eyes, there is an expression in their eyes that shows you the mood they are in or what they are thinking about.

e.g. I remembered the curious expectant light in his eyes.
我记得他眼里那好奇而期待的目光。

13. see also: lighter;lighting;bright lights;night light;pilot light;red light

14. 显露；揭露；为人所知
If something comes to light or is brought to light, it becomes obvious or is made known to a lot of people.

e.g. Nothing about this sum has come to light...
关于这笔钱人们一无所知。
e.g. The truth is unlikely to be brought to light by the promised enquiry.
承诺要进行的调查不太可能揭露真相。

15. 开始明白
If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.

e.g. At last the light dawned. He was going to marry Phylis!
终于明白过来了——他要和菲莉丝结婚了！

16. 黎明；破晓
First light is the time in the early morning when light first appears and before the sun rises.

e.g. Three hours before first light Fuentes gave orders for the evacuation of the camp.
黎明前3个小时富恩特斯下达了撤离营地的命令。

17. 准许；许可
If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something.

e.g. The food industry was given a green light to extend the use of these chemicals...
食品业获准继续使用这些化学品。
e.g. Other countries are eagerly awaiting an American green light to lift the sanctions altogether.
其他国家正在急切等待美国同意完全撤销制裁。

18. 鉴于；由于；根据
If something is possible in the light of particular information, it is only possible because you have this information.

e.g. In the light of this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues.
根据这一信息，现在有可能弄清楚几个关键问题了。

19. 很快入睡；立即失去知觉
If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.

e.g. 'Why didn't somebody come and tell me?' — 'Because you were out like a light.'
“为什么没有人来告诉我？”——“因为你一下就睡过去了。”

20. 重见天日
If you say that an object sees the light of day or sees the light, you mean that it is taken out of the place where it is stored.

light的近义词

e.g. Museum basements are stacked full of objects which never see the light of day.
博物馆的地下室里堆满了永远不会重见天日的物件。

21. 问世；为公众所知
If something sees the light of day at a particular time, it comes into existence or is made known to the public at that time.

e.g. This extraordinary document first saw the light of day in 1966.
这份非同寻常的文件第一次公开是在1966年。

22. 明白过来；领悟
If someone sees the light, they finally realize something or change their attitude or way of behaving to a better one.

e.g. I saw the light and ditched him.
我终于醒悟，甩掉了他。

23. 点燃；点着
If you set light to something, you make it start burning.

e.g. They had poured fuel through the door of the flat and had then set light to it.
他们隔着公寓门往里边倒汽油，然后点着了火。

24. 使（某事）显得非常清楚；使人了解（某事）
To shed light on ,throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it.

e.g. A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question.
新的方法提供了一个答案，并且可能让人们对一个更大的问题有进一步的了解。

25. 隧道尽头的曙光；黑暗尽头的希望
When you talk about the light at the end of the tunnel, you are referring to the end of the difficult or unpleasant situation that you are in at the moment.

e.g. All I can do is tell her to hold on, that there's light at the end of the tunnel.
我只能告诉她要坚持，让她知道总会柳暗花明的。

26. all sweetness and light -> see sweetness

相关词组：light onlight uplight upon

重量、数量或强度不大（NOT GREAT IN WEIGHT, AMOUNT, OR INTENSITY）

1. 轻的；不重的
Something that is light does not weigh very much, or weighs less than you would expect it to.

e.g. Modern tennis rackets are now apparently 20 per cent lighter.
现代的网球拍据说比以前的轻20%。
e.g. ...weight training with light weights...
轻量负重训练

2. 少量的；程度轻的；强度低的
Something that is light is not very great in amount, degree, or intensity.

light的解释

e.g. It's a Sunday like any other with the usual light traffic in the city...
这是一个星期天，像任何一个星期天一样，城里的车辆不多。
e.g. Trading was very light ahead of yesterday's auction.
昨天拍卖之前的成交量很小。

3. （设备、机器等）轻型的，轻便的
Light equipment and machines are small and easily moved, especially because they are not heavy.

e.g. ...a convoy of light armoured vehicles...
轻型装甲车队
e.g. They used light machine guns and AK forty-sevens.
他们使用了轻机枪和AK—47步枪。

4. （土壤）松软的，轻质的
Soil that is light is easy to dig, because it has a loose texture and is not sticky or solid.

light的反义词

e.g. Less chemical gets into the subsoil which is particularly important with the light, tropical soils.
进入底土的化学物质会减少，这对土质松软的热带土壤而言尤为重要。

5. （颜色）淡的，浅的
Something that is light is very pale in colour.

e.g. The walls are light in colour and covered in paper...
墙的颜色素淡，贴了墙纸。
e.g. He is light haired with gray eyes.
他浅色头发，灰色眼睛。

6. （睡眠）不深的；（人）容易惊醒的
A light sleep is one that is easily disturbed and in which you are often aware of the things around you. If you are a light sleeper, you are easily woken when you are asleep.

e.g. She had drifted into a light sleep...
她迷迷糊糊地进入了浅睡。
e.g. She was usually a light sleeper.
她通常很容易惊醒。

7. （声音、嗓音等）轻柔的
A light sound, for example someone's voice, is pleasantly quiet.

e.g. The voice was sweet and light.
那嗓音甜美轻柔。

8. （餐食）少量的，易消化的
A light meal consists of a small amount of food, or of food that is easy to digest.

e.g. ...a light, healthy lunch.
量少而健康的午餐
e.g. ...wine and cheese or other light refreshment.
酒和奶酪或其他小食品

9. （食物）清淡的，易消化的
Food that is light has a delicate flavour and is easy to digest.

e.g. Berti's clear tomato soup is deliciously light...
伯蒂做的西红柿清汤清淡可口。
e.g. Bake salmon in foil or poach in a light stock for 8-10 minutes.
用箔纸包烤或用清汤蒸煮三文鱼8至10分钟。

10. 不费力的；轻松的
Light work does not involve much physical effort.

e.g. He was on the training field for some light work yesterday.
昨天他在训练场进行了一些强度较小的训练。

11. （行为后果、处罚等）轻微的，不严重的
If you describe the result of an action or a punishment as light, you mean that it is less serious or severe than you expected.

e.g. She confessed her astonishment at her light sentence when her father visited her at the jail.
父亲来探监时，她承认对自己受到的从轻判决感到诧异。

12. 轻捷的；轻盈的；用力小的
Movements and actions that are light are graceful or gentle and are done with very little force or effort.

e.g. Use a light touch when applying cream or make-up...
涂抹乳霜或化妆品时动作要轻。
e.g. There was a light knock at the door.
有人在轻轻地敲门。

13. see also: lighter

不重要；不严肃（UNIMPORTANT OR NOT SERIOUS）

1. （书、音乐、电影等）消遣性的，娱乐性的，轻松的
If you describe things such as books, music, and films as light, you mean that they entertain you without making you think very deeply.

e.g. He doesn't like me reading light novels.
他不喜欢我看些消遣小说。
e.g. ...light classical music.
轻古典音乐

2. （说话方式）随意的，不严肃的
If you say something in a light way, you sound as if you think that something is not important or serious.

light的解释

e.g. Talk to him in a friendly, light way about the relationship...
用友好随意的方式跟他谈谈这一关系吧。
e.g. Let's finish on a lighter note.
最后，我们谈一个比较轻松的话题吧。

3. （通常用于否定句）轻微的，不重要的
If you say that something is not a light matter, you mean that it should be treated or considered as being important and serious.

e.g. It can be no light matter for the Home Office that so many young prisoners should have wanted to kill or injure themselves.
竟然有那么多的年轻囚犯试图自杀或自残，内政部决不可等闲视之。

4. 轻视；对…不在乎；视…为微不足道
If you make light of something, you treat it as though it is not serious or important, when in fact it is.

e.g. Roberts attempted to make light of his discomfort.
罗伯茨试图轻描淡写自己的不适。

5. see also: lighter
to make light work of -> see work

1. light的翻译

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