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

lightenlighten /ˈlaɪt˺n/ verb

VERB TABLE

lighten

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	lighten
	he, she, it	lightens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	lightened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have lightened
	he, she, it	has lightened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had lightened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will lighten
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have lightened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am lightening
	he, she, it	is lightening
	you, we, they	are lightening
Past	I, he, she, it	was lightening
	you, we, they	were lightening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been lightening
	he, she, it	has been lightening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been lightening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be lightening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been lightening

1[transitive] to reduce the amount of work, worry, debt, etc. that someone has: The school is looking at ways to lighten teachers’ workloads.2[intransitive, transitive] to become brighter or less dark, or to make something brighter, etc. OPP darken: As the sky lightened, we could see the distant mountains.3[intransitive, transitive] to reduce the weight of something or become less heavy4lighten up! spoken used to tell someone not to be so serious about something: Lighten up, man! We don’t need to argue.5[intransitive] if someone’s face, expression, or voice lightens, he or she begins to look or sound more cheerful