单词	lighter
释义	lighterlight‧er /ˈlaɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A lighter is a rare commodity here. Fighters need lots of things but not big muscles - one look at any of the lighter boxing greats tells us that. I mean, an enamel lighter? I snapped my lighter and the evening breeze promptly blew it out. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have. She heard the hiss of a cigarette lighter, and opened her eyes. The girl sits there muttering and shivering, with her last cigarette and an electric lighter. There were two auxiliary power sockets next to the cigarette lighter. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make something lighter► make something lighter · They had taken out all the drawers to make it lighter, before carrying it down the stairs.· Many parts are now made from plastic instead of steel, making cars lighter and more fuel-efficient. ► lighten to make something lighter, especially in order to make it easier to move or carry: · I'm sure you could lighten that suitcase a little if you only packed what you need.lighten the load: · As weather conditions got worse, Watts and Peters abandoned their photographic equipment in order to lighten the load. WORD SETS► Tobacco ashtray, nounbaccy, nounbriar, nounbutt, nouncheroot, nouncigar, nouncigarette, nouncigarette butt, nouncigarette holder, nouncigarette lighter, nouncigarette paper, nounciggy, noundog-end, noundrag, nounfilter tip, nounlighter, nounmenthol, nounmentholated, adjectivenicotine, nounnicotine patch, nounnon-smoker, nounnon-smoking, adjectivepassive smoking, nounpipe, nounpipe cleaner, nounroll, verbroll-up, nounshag, nounsmoke, nounsmoking, nounsnuff, nounstem, nounstogie, nountab, nountar, nounwater pipe, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cigarette lighter (=something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes)· Does anyone have a match or a cigarette lighter? COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► cigarette · She heard the hiss of a cigarette lighter, and opened her eyes.· There were two auxiliary power sockets next to the cigarette lighter.· It's a portable car phone that can be plugged into the socket of a cigarette lighter.· There was a silver cigarette lighter in the desk drawer, he remembered, rarely used now that he'd almost given up.· Traditionally, the rare earths have been used as catalysts in the chemical industry and in flints for cigarette lighters.· Angry fists waved up, and some one threw something-a cigarette lighter? - at me, striking my knee.· Wristwatch, wallet, tie, cigarette lighter.· Forensic evidence showed the fire had been started in two places, possibly by a cigarette lighter or match. VERB► make · Although the position of the hand is not affected, this does seem to make the handling lighter.· Several newly found motifs have renewed our pilgrimage in recent days, though they have not made the task lighter.· A general tendency towards making artillery lighter and more mobile can also be seen in the later decades of the century.· The alterations to the piano included making the touch lighter and reducing the key-dip. Word family WORD FAMILYnounlightlighterlightinglightnessadjectivelightlightedunlitverblightlightenadverblightlylight 1a small object that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes etc2a large open low boat used for loading and unloading ships
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