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单词 light
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lightnoun

uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/

light noun (BRIGHTNESS)

B1 [ U ] the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to be seen:

a bright light
fluorescent/ultraviolet light
a beam/ray of light
Light was streaming in through the open door.
It's a north-facing room so it doesn't get much light (= brightness from the sun).

A2 [ C ] a piece of equipment that produces light, such as a lamp or a bulb:

Could you switch/turn the light on/off, please?
She could see the city lights in the distance.
As the lights went down, the audience grew quiet.
My front bike light isn't working.

More examples

  • The light was so bright that I had to cover my eyes.
  • The bomb exploded in a flash of yellow light.
  • The torch sends out a powerful beam of light.
  • She pulled the duvet over her head to try to shut out the light.
  • We saw a glimmer of light in the distance.

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Light

  • beam
  • candlelight
  • daylight
  • firelight
  • fluorescent
  • glossy
  • incandescent
  • incident ray
  • lamplight
  • luminescent
  • luminous
  • moonlight
  • opalescent
  • phosphorescent
  • photo
  • shiny
  • starlight
  • sun
  • sunshine
  • torchlight

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Lighting & light fittings in the home

light noun (FLAME)

a light

More examples

  • He asked me for a light.
  • She gave me a light.
  • I didn't have a light.
  • Can you give me a light?
  • I needed a light.

something that will produce a flame and cause burning, such as a match or a cigarette lighter:

Have you got a light, please?
set light to sth UK

to cause something to start burning:

The lamp caught fire and set light to the curtains.

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Tobacco & smoking

  • baccy
  • butt
  • cheroot
  • cig
  • cigarette butt
  • cigarette paper
  • e-cigarette
  • light (sth) up
  • nicotine
  • nicotine patch
  • non-smoker
  • pipe
  • roll-your-own
  • second-hand smoke
  • smoke
  • smoker
  • smoking
  • stub
  • tar
  • tobacconist

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Heaters & burners
Starting fires

Idiom(s)

bring sth to light
cast/shed/throw light on sth
come to light
go out like a light
in the light of sth
light at the end of the tunnel
the light of your life
show someone in a bad light

lightadjective

uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/

light adjective (NOT HEAVY)

A2 not weighing a lot:

Here, take this bag - it's quite light.
He's a few pounds lighter than he used to be.
How do you get your cakes so wonderfully light, Amy?
He has a very light (= gentle) touch, which is what is required in massage.
She's very light on her feet (= she moves gracefully).

A2 Light clothes are made of thin material that allows you to be cool:

a light summer dress

More examples

  • Will you be able to carry these bags to the car? There're quite light.
  • This umbrella is very light and it fits easily into my bag.
  • I can't carry you around any more - you're not as light as you were, my girl!
  • My suitcase is fairly light as I didn't have time to pack very much.
  • The kitten was so light I could hardly feel it sitting on my lap.

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Light and weightless

  • (as) light as a feather idiom
  • airy
  • be (as) light as a feather idiom
  • ethereal
  • feather
  • floaty
  • fluffy
  • foamy
  • frothy
  • insubstantial
  • lather
  • lightness
  • lightweight
  • portable
  • sheer
  • weightless
  • wispy

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Style & appearance of clothes

light adjective (BRIGHT)

B1 lit by the natural light of the day:

The big windows make the room feel wonderfully light and airy.
It gets light very early these summer mornings.
Summer is coming and the evenings are getting lighter (= getting dark later).

More examples

  • The new offices are light and airy.
  • It doesn't get light until nine.
  • The hall was bright and decorated in a modern style.
  • I wanted the summer room to be very light.
  • Her house is light and airy.

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The qualities of light

  • ablaze
  • backlit
  • brilliant
  • coruscating
  • flicker
  • floodlit
  • fluorescent
  • gleaming
  • glittering
  • glittery
  • glossy
  • incandescent
  • lambent
  • luminescent
  • lustrous
  • opalescent
  • polychromatic
  • spangly
  • sparkling
  • torchlight

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light adjective (PALE)

A1 (of colours) pale:

light blue/green
Opposite
dark

More examples

  • He had spiky light brown hair, shaved at the sides and gelled on top.
  • A dark carpet won't mark as easily as a light one.
  • The walls are painted light blue.
  • I prefer to wear light colours.
  • They have a light brown carpet.

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Colourless or causing colour to fade

  • bleach
  • colorless
  • colourless
  • discolour
  • drab
  • dull
  • faded
  • frost
  • ghostly
  • muted
  • pale
  • paleness
  • palish
  • pastel
  • sober
  • sombre
  • subdued
  • washed out
  • weather

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light adjective (NOT SERIOUS)

entertaining and easily understood, but not serious and not intended to make you think:

I want some light reading for the summer holidays - a romance or something.
A lively argument between the two main speakers provided some light relief (= something enjoyable or amusing) in an otherwise dull conference.
make light of sth

C2 to behave as if a situation, especially a problem, is not serious or important:

It is easy to make light of other people's problems.

More examples

  • I found her novels rather light.
  • The programmes are intended as light entertainment.
  • I did a little light reading.
  • She enjoys light opera.
  • The movie was light but fun.

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Humour & humorous

  • a bundle of laughs idiom
  • blackly
  • bring
  • bundle
  • crack
  • don't make me laugh! idiom
  • funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
  • gallows humour
  • hysterical
  • jocular
  • josh
  • killing
  • lambent
  • laugh
  • sarcasm
  • satirize
  • tickle
  • tongue
  • witty
  • wordplay

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Types of music
Treating as unimportant

light adjective (NOT MUCH)

B1 not great in strength or amount:

A light wind was blowing.
The traffic was quite light so we got through London quickly.
It's only light rain - you don't need an umbrella.
light eater/drinker/smoker

someone who eats/drinks/smokes only a little

light sleeper

someone who is easily woken up by noise, etc.

More examples

  • There was a light covering of snow.
  • This wine has a light, fruity flavour .
  • The sauce itself was light, fragrant and slightly sweet.
  • The boat goes fast, even in light winds.
  • There is only light traffic on the roads tonight.

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Weakness and vulnerability

  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebb idiom
  • be (only) flesh and blood idiom
  • be sb's poodle idiom
  • chink in sb's armour idiom
  • faint
  • frailty
  • impotent
  • indefensible
  • lax
  • limp
  • malleable
  • susceptibility
  • susceptible
  • toothless
  • totter
  • underbelly
  • unprotected
  • unsteady
  • wraith

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Self-control and moderation

light adjective (MEAL/DRINK)

A light meal is small and easy to digest:

I don't eat much for lunch - just a light snack.

used to describe alcoholic drinks that are not strong in flavour:

It's described on the label as "light, fruity wine".

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Meals & parts of meals

  • accompaniment
  • afternoon tea
  • afters
  • amuse-bouche
  • antipasto
  • dinner
  • dinner party
  • dinner time
  • elevenses
  • English breakfast
  • packed lunch
  • picnic
  • plate meal
  • ploughman's lunch
  • postprandial
  • tea party
  • teatime
  • tiffin
  • TV dinner
  • working lunch/breakfast

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Drinking alcohol

light adjective (NOT SEVERE)

needing only a very small amount of effort:

light exercise, such as walking
a little light housework

A light sentence in prison is a short one:

He got off with a fairly light sentence because it was his first conviction.
make light work of sth/doing sth

to do something quickly and easily:

Heather made light work of painting the walls.
You made light work of that chocolate cake (= you ate it quickly)!

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Easiness and simplicity

  • (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
  • at the push of a button idiom
  • at the stroke of a pen idiom
  • be (all) downhill idiom
  • be child's play idiom
  • breeze
  • convincing
  • foolproof
  • friendly
  • gift
  • gimme
  • give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter idiom
  • painless
  • rocket science
  • sail
  • sail through (sth)
  • sb could do sth with one arm/hand tied behind his/her back idiom
  • self-explanatory
  • semi-skilled
  • simple

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Putting people in prison
Hurrying and doing things quickly
Efficient and effective

Idiom(s)

(as) light as a feather

lightverb

uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/lit or lighted, lit or lighted

light verb (START FLAMES)

B1 [ I or T ] to start to burn or to make something start to burn:

to light a fire
I can't get the cooker to light.
He lit his fifth cigarette in half an hour.

More examples

  • The room was lit by candles.
  • A full moon lit up the sky.
  • A dim torch lit the cave.
  • Laser beams lit up the night.
  • A white light lit up the screen.

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Starting fires

  • bellows
  • combust
  • fire
  • fire starter
  • firelighter
  • ignite
  • ignition
  • incendiary
  • kindle
  • kindling
  • make
  • match
  • put
  • put sth out 1
  • relight
  • set fire to sth/sb idiom
  • splutter
  • tinder
  • torch

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light verb (MAKE BRIGHT)

B2 [ T ] to produce light that makes an object or area bright or easy to see:

The stage had been lit with candles.
Fireworks lit up the sky (= made the sky bright).

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Giving out light

  • alight
  • blink
  • brighten
  • burn
  • burnish
  • cast
  • catch
  • dazzle
  • flicker
  • gild
  • glance
  • glow
  • illuminate
  • redshift
  • reflected ray
  • shiny
  • sparkly
  • strobe
  • trick
  • UV

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Idiom(s)

light a fire under sb

Phrasal verb(s)

light on/upon sth
light (sth) up

lightnoun

us/lɑɪt/

light noun (ENERGY)

[ C/U ] the energy from the sun or fire and from electrical devices that allows you to see clearly:

[ U ] Light was streaming through the windows.
[ U ] The light was so bright that it hurt my eyes.

[ C/U ] A light is also anything that provides light, esp. an electric lamp:

[ C ] Don’t forget to turn off the lights when you leave.

[ C/U ] A light is also a traffic light:

Let’s go – you’ve got a green light.

light noun (FLAME)

[ U ] a device used to produce a flame, such as a match:

Excuse me, have you got a light?

Idiom(s)

in (the) light of
light at the end of the tunnel

lightadjective

us/lɑɪt/

light adjective (NOT HEAVY)

[ -er/-est only ] having little weight; not heavy:

This suitcase is pretty light.
Ty’s a few pounds lighter than he used to be.

[ -er/-est only ] Clothes that are light are made of thin material which allows you to be cool:

a light summer dress

[ -er/-est only ] A light meal is a small one:

a light snack

light adjective (NOT FAT)

also lite (of food) having less fat or fewer calories than usual:

light cream cheese

light adjective (NOT SERIOUS)

[ -er/-est only ] intended to entertain; not serious:

Take along some light reading for the trip.

light adjective (NOT A LOT)

[ -er/-est only ] not great in strength or amount; slight:

a light rain
light traffic
The doctor said it was OK to take light exercise, such as walking.

[ -er/-est only ] A light sentence in prison is a short one.

[ -er/-est only ] Tastes and smells described as light are not obvious:

a light scent of wildflowers
light eater/drinker

A light eater/drinker eats or drinks only a little.

light adjective (ENERGY)

[ -er/-est only ] providing energy from the sun that allows you to see clearly:

It was still light out at eight in the evening.

Idiom(s)

(as) light as a feather

lightadjective, adverb [ -er/-est only ]

us/lɑɪt/

light adjective, adverb [ -er/-est only ] (PALE)

(of colors) pale:

a light-colored car
The walls were light green.

lightverb

us/lɑɪt/past tense and past participle lit /lɪt/lighted

light verb (ENERGY)

[ T ] to provide with energy from the sun, fire, or electrical devices that allow you to see clearly:

The house was lit with candles for the dinner party.

light verb (FLAME)

[ I/T ] to produce a flame:

[ I ] I can’t get the barbecue to light.
[ T ] I tried to light the fire, but the wood was wet.

Idiom(s)

light a fire under someone

Phrasal verb(s)

light up
light up something

lightadjective

uk/laɪt/us

not great in size, strength, or amount:

Air traffic was very light at Heathrow so we were not delayed.
We had a light meal before we began negotiations.

TRANSPORT used for describing forms of transport that are smaller or that use less power than the usual kind:

Fleets of light trucks deliver furniture to households throughout the region.
Light aircraft allow busy executives to fly anywhere at a moment's notice.
A contest for light rail development drew interest from urban planners.

needing only a very small amount of work or effort:

light chores/cleaning/work
light on sth

not having a lot of something:

light on details/facts/information His presentation was light on details as to how he would spend the money.
make light work of (doing) sth

to do something quickly or easily:

Workers from the second shift stayed late so we were able to make light work of unloading the deliveries.

lightnoun

uk/laɪt/us

a way of thinking about or understanding something:

a bad/good/new light After they won all those awards, we saw them in a new light and decided they were serious competitors.
a negative/positive light We want to show our country in a positive light.
cast/shed light on sth

to show something about a situation that was previously unknown:

This sheds new light on why e-business investment does not always lead to improved firm performance.
give sth a/the green light

to give someone permission to do something:

Contractors were given a green light to install the infrastructure for the industrial park.
in the light of

UK US in light of because of something or as a result of something:

In light of problems we're having, we have no choice but to close the business.
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