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do; not making you tired容易做的;轻松的；不使人疲
劳的：After his accident he was moved to lighter
work. A出事故以后就改做轻活儿lb: ◊ some Zight
housework 一些轻松的家务活.◊
You are probabiy weii enough 'to tafce a ZittZe Hght
exercise你恢食得不错，大概可以做些
轻微的运动了。
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NOT GREAT 不大 8 not
great in amount, degree, etc少
量的；程度低的：收httmjSfc来往车辆稀少orhe /orecast is /or 取/it showers.关气预报有小阵雨。◊
light winds WiK 〇 Trading on the stock
exchange was light toctay.证券交易今日交易量很少。EH3 heavy
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NOT SEVERE/SER丨OUS 不严厉;s 不严重 9 not severe 不严
厉的；轻的：He was convicted 〇/ assauZting a jooZfce
oj^cer but he got o# with a Hght sentence.他被定了个 酸打警察菲，然而油得到从轻判处。10 entertaining rather than serious and not needing
much mental effort娱乐性的；消遣性的；轻松的：Wght reading/or
the beach 海滩消遣读物◊ a concert 〇/ Zight dassfcaZ mu5t'c古典会音呆会11 not serious不卢肃:■ She fce〆
her tone iight.她一直用温和的语气说话。◊ This programme looks at the
lighter side of politics. @
着眼于政治较轻松的方面。◊ We aH needed a〖ittZe %/it relief at the end of a
long day
(= something amusing or entertaining that comes after sth serious or boring).在 漫长的一天结束时我们都需要一点轻松的调剂。◊ On a lighter note, we end
the news today with a story about a ducfc caHed Quacfcers.为了轻松一下，我们最后讲一个名
叫嘎嘎的鸭子的故事来结束今天的新闻报道。
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CHEERFUL 愉快 12 [usually
before noun] free from worry; cheerful无夫;虑的；愉ft的；快活的：iZeA the istond
with a heart.我怀着愉快的心情离开了那个小岛。
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FOOD 食物 13 (of
a meal 餐饭）small in
quantity.少量
的：a Ught supper/s/iacfc M 咸的晚餐；小吃◊ / just want
somet/iing Zight/or 〖imch我丰被_微〇£点就够7。 EQ3 heavy 14 not
containing much fat or not having a strong flavour and therefore easy for the
stomach to digest不腻的；清淡的；易消化的：Stic/c to a Hght diet. 饮食要清淡。一see also lite(1) *15 containing a lot of air含有i士表空气的；松软的：rhis p〇5t7y is so Zight这 种酥皮糕点可真松软啊。
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DRINK饮料16 low in alcohol酒精含量低的；低度酒
的：a Zight beer低度啤酒
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SLEEP睡眠 17 [only
before noun] a person in a light sleep is easy to wake 睡得不沉的；秦醒的：She dr(/ted into a Zight
sZeep.她迷迷 _ 糊地睡得示沉。◊ 7ve aZways been a Zight deeper.我睡觉总是容易醒。EEQdee^
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light-ness
noun [U] _ see also lightly IT»TO1 be light on sth (8r£) to not have enough of sth 不足；缺乏：We seem to be Zight on扣d.我们好像燃料不多了。a light touch the ability to deal with
sth in a delicate and relaxed way 灵巧的处事能力：She handles this
difficult subject
with a〖ight touch. 处理起这种难题来古法很
巧办.。make 'light of sth to treat sth as not
being important and not.serious 轻视；对
等闲视之■ make light work of
sth to
do sth quickly and with little effort轻而易举地做（某事)more at hand n.
■
verb (lit, lit /lit/) IgHTJ Lighted is also used for
the past tense and past participle, especially in front of nouns. 过去时和过去分词也用lighted,尤置于名词前。
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START TO BURN 开始燃烧 1 [VN]
to
make sth start to bum 点燃；点火：She Ht a azn(«e.她点着了蜡烛。◊:The candies were 〖it.蜡烛都点着了。◊ J put a 丨ig/ited match to the 〖etter and watched it bum.我划了根火柴点着了那
封信，然后看着它燃烧。2 [V] to start to bum开备 烧；燃起来：r/ie力re wouWnt Hght.这火炉点不着。
GIVE
L丨GHT 照亮 3 [VN] [usually passive] to
give light to sth or to a place 照亮；邊明亮：rhe sta^e was lit by bright spodights.舞台上古明亮晶聚光灯照亮着。owe〖i/b<K«y Ht streets灯光明亮的/昏暗的街道4 [VN]
(//fcra〇/) to .guide sb with a .light 用光指弓丨：Our way was lit by a
full moon. 一轮明月照亮了我们的路。
'light on/upon sth (literary) to see or find sth by
accident 偶然遇见；偶尔发现：ffis eye upon a smaH boat on the horizon. #夫看见地平线上有一条小船。
.light
'up I
.light
sth-»'up 1
{informal) to begin to smoke a cigarette 开始■抽烟：They aH Zit up
as soon as he〖讲the room.他一*开房间他们就都抽起烟来。◊ He sat iiacfc and 〖it up a cigarette他往椅背上一靠，.点上烟
吸了 起来。2 to become or to make sth become bright with light or
colour (使}光亮，放光彩：77iere was an and the
vWiote.sfcyJit up.，声爆炸照亮 了整个
夫空。3 if
sbs eyes or face iight up, or sth lights them up, they show happiness or excitement 喜电 f 色；喜气洋洋：His eyes iit up when
she walked into the room看见她走进房间，他■^眼一亮。◊ A smiie丨it up her/ace她微微一笑，脸上露出了喜色。
madv. IBTO1
see
travel v.
.light 'aircraft noun (pi. light aircraft) a small plane with seats
for no more than about six passengers (最
多六產如）轻型飞机一picture令page Ri2 light bulb not//? = bulb(1)
.light-1
coloured (6r£) {NAmE .light- colored) adj. pale in colour; not dari
浅色的；淡&的 light-ed /'laitid/ adj. 1 a lighted candle, cigarette, match, etc. is burning 点燃的；燃烧的 2a
lighted window is bright because there are lights on inside the room灯火通明的；灯光照亮的CEQunlit lighten /'laitn/ verb 1 [VN] to reduce the amount of work, debt,
worry, etc. that sb has 减轻，减少（工作
量、债务■、担 1^等\广 BCC1
lessen : equipment to Hg/iten the toad卩/domestic vvor/c减轻家务负担的设备◊ The measures will
lighten the tax burden on small bu^nesses.这些措施将减轻小型企业的纳税负担。2 to become or make sth become brighter or lighter in
colour (使）变明亮，变成淡色:[V] The sfcy began to 取ftten in t^ie east系士■开始邊亮T。. ：◊■_]
l/se bZeach to 取/iten the wood.用漂白剂把木^颜色漂浅。3〜（sth) (up) to feel or make sb feel less sad, worried or serious (使）感到不那么悲伤（或担忧、严肃）；缓和B03 cheer : [V] My
mood graduaHy lightened'我的心情渐渐
好起来。◊ [VN] She toW ajofce
to Zighten the atmosp/iere. 讲T允笑话&缓和气氛。4 [VN] to make sth
lighter in weight 减轻
的重量 I3!1；W .lighten 'up {informal) used to tell sb to
become less serious or worried about sth 另ij 那么严肃；别担忧：Come on, John. lighten up/约翰，
i加油，别紧张！
light-er /'laita(r)/ noun 1 (also ciga'rette
lighter) a small device that produces a flame for lighting
cigarettes, etc. _丁火.机 2 a boat with a flat bottom used for carrying goods to
and from ships in harbour 驳船 light.fast /'laitfaist; AMmf -faest/ (fec/7A?/a7/ 术语).（of paint used for art 备画颜料)not losing its colour in light 耐光的；不褪色的
.light-'fingered adj. {informal) likely to steal things *|f
>扒窃的；惯偷的
.light-'footed odj. moving quickly and easily, in
an elegant way脚步松的；步履轻盈命
'light gun noun (computing if) a device similar to a gun that you
point at a computer screen to pass information to it, especially when playing
computer games .光线 <枪，光枪（电脑游戏等用）
.light-1 headed adj. not completely in control of your thoughts or
movements; slightly faint 头晕的；眩晕的：
After four glasses of wine
he began to feel light-headed. # <四杯酒下肚后开始感到头晕目眩起来。
.light-1 hearted adj. 1 intended
to be amusing or easily enjoyable rather tiian too serious 轻松的'；愉快的：a Zight-hearted
speech 轻松愉快的讲话 2
cheerful and without problems 无忧无邊的：She felt light-hearted
and
optimistic.她感到免忧无虑，很乐观。► , light- 'hearted-ly adv.
light-house /'laithaus/ noun a tower or other building that contains a strong
light to warn and guide ships near the coast 灯塔一picture c> page
R14 .light
'industry noun [u, C] industry that produces small or light objects such as
things used in the house 轻工业一compare heavy industry light-ing/'laitiq/ noun [\J] 1 the arrangement or
type of light in a place 照明；灯光；布光：etectric/natural
iighting 电力 / 自然照明◊ goocC/poor
fighting 照明好 / ^ 0 The play had excellent
sound and lighting effects. 这次戏剧演出的音响和灯光效果极佳。2 the use of electric
lights in a .place 照明：the cost 〇/ hearing and fighting取暖和照明费用◊ street 〖ighting街道照明
o
note at light