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

单词	lighten
释义	lighten lighten¹ —lightener, n. /luyt"n/, v.i. 1. to become lighter or less dark; brighten: The sky lightened after the storm. 2. to brighten or light up, as the eyes or features: Her face lightened when she heard the good news. 3. to flash as or like lightning (often used impersonally with it as subject): It thundered and lightened for hours. 4. Archaic. to shine, gleam, or be bright: steel blades lightening in the sun. v.t. 5. to give light to; illuminate: A full moon lightened the road. 6. to brighten (the eyes, features, etc.): A large smile lightened his face. 7. to make lighter or less dark: Add white to lighten the paint. 8. Obs. enlighten. 9. Obs. to flash or emit like lightning (usually fol. by out, forth, or down): eyes that lightened forth implacable hatred. [1300-50; ME lightnen; see LIGHT¹, -EN¹] lighten² /luyt"n/, v.t. 1. to make lighter in weight: to lighten the load on a truck. 2. to lessen the load of or upon: to lighten a cargo ship. 3. to make less burdensome or oppressive; alleviate; mitigate: to lighten taxes; to lighten someone's cares. 4. to cheer or gladden: Such news lightens my heart. v.i. 5. to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently. 6. to become less heavy, cumbersome, burdensome, oppressive, etc.: His worries seem to have lightened somewhat. 7. to become less gloomy; perk up: People's spirits usually lighten when spring arrives. [1350-1400; ME lightnen; see LIGHT², -EN¹] Syn. 3. ease, lessen, reduce. Ant. 3. aggravate.
随便看	hale Hale Haleakala Haleakala National Park haler Hale telescope Halevi half half-abandoned half-accustomed half-acquainted half-acquiescent half-acre half-addressed half-admiring half-admitted half-adream half-afloat half-afraid half-agreed half-alike half-alive half-altered half-American half-Americanized

英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。