单词 | light up |
释义 | light upSEE SYNONYMS FOR light up ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)to light a cigarette, pipe, etc to illuminate or cause to illuminate to make or become cheerful or animated Words nearby light uplight table, light therapy, lighttight, light trap, light treatment, light up, light valve, light verse, light water, lightweight, light welterweight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with light uplight up Become or cause to become more animated or cheerful, as in Her laughter lit up the whole room, or His face lit up when he saw her. This expression transfers physical illumination to human moods. Also see lighten up. [Mid-1700s] Start smoking a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, as in The minute he got outside the church he lit up. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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