| 单词 | to light a person's burden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto light a person's burden b. transitive. To reduce the weight of (a load, burden, etc.); to make (something) less heavy or dense. Frequently (now chiefly) figurative, esp. in to light a person's burden. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > make light or lighter [verb (transitive)] lighta1225 lighten?a1425 alleviate1592 alightena1661 levitate1686 lightweight1955 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 71 Ic wile lihten ȝeuer berðene, ȝif ȝe mine rad hlesten willeð. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 310 Ge schule beon idoddet four siðen iþe ȝer. to lichten ower heauet. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 304 Lyghteyn, or make wyghtys more esy [1499 Pynson lightyn burdens, heuy weightis], allevio. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 33v We finde the same [bone] here, and there, attenuated, and lighted with long lynes, and flatted sides. 1611 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 458 When He shall (to light thy Sin-full load) Put Manhood on, dis-knowe him not for God. 1702 J. Byres Let. to Friend at Edinb. 103 The Captain ordered such goods..to be removed, which hindered the getting at the ballast, and the water in hold to be..pumped out for lighting the ship. 1854 S. Sutton Diary 6 Aug. in K. L. Holmes Covered Wagon Women (1987) VII. 73 Have been putting oxen to the horse wagon and lighting our load by throwing away..such as we can do without. 1918 Concrete Age May 16/2 The terra cotta..is full of pores and air spaces, and consequently is much lighted. 2018 @xxsixtyone 18 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Maybe I can't settle your problem but I hope I can light your burden. < as lemmas |
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