英语词汇“to lighten up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. Of something abstract, as an atmosphere, a person's mood, etc.: to become more cheerful, relaxed, or positive.Perhaps instead originally a development of lighten v.¹ Probably often associated with both words (the resulting state being thought to be less ‘heavy’ and less ‘dark’).

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1825 Morning Chron. 5 May He was a father himself, and had felt his heart lighten up at the cheering smiles of infant innocence.

1914 Variety 10 Oct. 11/3 After this act the play begins to lighten up surprisingly.

1991 N. Goldberg Wild Mind xxi. 82 My mood lightened up.

2010 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 15 Oct. 36 Kele flipped on a particularly cheeky Prince track, and immediately the atmosphere lightened up.

b. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a person: to become less severe, serious, or worried; to take a more easy-going attitude, cheer up, relax. Frequently in imperative.Probably associated with lighten v.¹; see note at sense 1a.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up

cheer?1553

to look up1600

come1607

to cheer up1620

exhilarate1620

brighten1692

to come to1765

to come about1775

spurk1823

to hearten up1834

to buck up1844

chirk1844

pearten1851

to come around1853

to liven up1863

to chipper up1867

lighten1873

pep1910

to lighten up1911

1911 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 1 They want the Inspectors and the Captains and the rank and file to lighten up, to loose [sic] the screws a little bit.

1955 A. Murray Let. 2 Nov. in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 101 Lighten up, lighten up and loosen up. Watch your elbows, man... What you mad about?

1977 S. Kernochan Dry Hustle 208 Lighten up, now. I'm a skilled laborer like anyone else.

1991 C. George Out of Storm (BNC) ii She giggled, and he nodded approvingly. ‘That's better. You're beginning to lighten up a bit.’

2004 C. Lee Aloft i. 6 I left a message for him in the voice of Mr. T, all gruff and belligerent, threatening to open a big can of whoop-ass on him if he didn't lighten up.

2. intransitive. colloquial. to lighten up on: to treat or do with greater moderation; to treat less harshly or intensely; to ease up on; to go easy on.

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1889 Michigan Farmer 14 Dec. 2/5 As the pullets mature I lighten up on the corn as a regular feed, substituting wheat and oats.

1935 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. 3 It was the practice to lighten up on work during the hot months.

1965 Washington Post 4 May b3/2 He's scared so I'll have to lighten up on him with my gimmicks.

2015 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 May I'm my own harshest critic as well. Managers have told me to lighten up on myself.

单词	to lighten up
释义	> as lemmas to lighten up to lighten up 1. a. intransitive. Of something abstract, as an atmosphere, a person's mood, etc.: to become more cheerful, relaxed, or positive.Perhaps instead originally a development of lighten v.¹ Probably often associated with both words (the resulting state being thought to be less ‘heavy’ and less ‘dark’). ΚΠ 1825 Morning Chron. 5 May He was a father himself, and had felt his heart lighten up at the cheering smiles of infant innocence. 1914 Variety 10 Oct. 11/3 After this act the play begins to lighten up surprisingly. 1991 N. Goldberg Wild Mind xxi. 82 My mood lightened up. 2010 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 15 Oct. 36 Kele flipped on a particularly cheeky Prince track, and immediately the atmosphere lightened up. b. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a person: to become less severe, serious, or worried; to take a more easy-going attitude, cheer up, relax. Frequently in imperative.Probably associated with lighten v.¹; see note at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up cheer?1553 to look up1600 come1607 to cheer up1620 exhilarate1620 brighten1692 to come to1765 to come about1775 spurk1823 to hearten up1834 to buck up1844 chirk1844 pearten1851 to come around1853 to liven up1863 to chipper up1867 lighten1873 pep1910 to lighten up1911 1911 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 1 They want the Inspectors and the Captains and the rank and file to lighten up, to loose [sic] the screws a little bit. 1955 A. Murray Let. 2 Nov. in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 101 Lighten up, lighten up and loosen up. Watch your elbows, man... What you mad about? 1977 S. Kernochan Dry Hustle 208 Lighten up, now. I'm a skilled laborer like anyone else. 1991 C. George Out of Storm (BNC) ii She giggled, and he nodded approvingly. ‘That's better. You're beginning to lighten up a bit.’ 2004 C. Lee Aloft i. 6 I left a message for him in the voice of Mr. T, all gruff and belligerent, threatening to open a big can of whoop-ass on him if he didn't lighten up. 2. intransitive. colloquial. to lighten up on: to treat or do with greater moderation; to treat less harshly or intensely; to ease up on; to go easy on. ΚΠ 1889 Michigan Farmer 14 Dec. 2/5 As the pullets mature I lighten up on the corn as a regular feed, substituting wheat and oats. 1935 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. 3 It was the practice to lighten up on work during the hot months. 1965 Washington Post 4 May b3/2 He's scared so I'll have to lighten up on him with my gimmicks. 2015 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 May I'm my own harshest critic as well. Managers have told me to lighten up on myself. extracted from lightenv.² < as lemmas
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