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单词 lighten
释义
Lighten
vverb.emotionmake more cheerful
Synset:buoy up lighten up
Examples:
  • the conversation lightened me up a bit
Antonyms:weigh down
Hypernyms:cheer
Inherited Hypernyms:lightencheerapplaudpraisemeasureevaluatethink
Causes:buoy up lighten up lighten
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contactreduce the weight on; make lighter
Examples:
  • she lightened the load on the tired donkey
Hypernyms:disburden unburden
Inherited Hypernyms:lightenunburdenremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationbecome more cheerful
Synset:buoy up lighten up
Examples:
  • after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
Hypernyms:cheer cheer up chirk up
Inherited Hypernyms:lightencheerrejoicefeel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.changemake more cheerful through the use of color
Synset:brighten lighten up
Examples:
  • The paint will brighten the room
Antonyms:darken
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:brightenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome lighter
Synset:lighten up
Examples:
  • The room lightened up
Antonyms:darken
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:lightenchange
Direct Hyponyms:illumeilluminateillumineirradiatelightlight up
Full Troponyms:floodlightirradiatelightspotlight
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changealleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
Synset:relieve
Examples:
  • relieve the pressure and the stress
  • lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
Hypernyms:mitigate
Inherited Hypernyms:relievemitigatedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
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