'lighting engineer noun a person who works in televi­sion, the theatre, etc. and whose job is to control and take care of the lights RAW

lightly (Hr /'laitli/ adv.

1 gently; with very little force or effort $£ iiJtk; $5 Dt Ufe; '          He kissed her lightly on the cheek.

2 to a small degree; not much A it; It began to snow lightly.          /MlTo 0

She tended to sleep lightly nowadays (= it was easy to disturb her). 0 I try to eat lightly

(= not to eat heavy or greasy food). 5cI3.it 1ft lUf 3 in a way that sounds as though you are not particu­larly worried or interested M 7 A        X |E A

H771 nonchalantly: ‘I’ll be all right,’ he said lightly.

“5cAftf690 ” ftfejiAltAifeiftito 4 without being seriously considered X tH 16  ^      : This

is not a problem we should take lightly. jjt A tR IS 5c ff] oj X fb \tX A o IECS1 get off/be let off 'lightly (informal) to be punished or treated in a way that is less severe than you deserve or may have expected R A

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lightning / laitmr)/ noun, adj.

m noun [U] a flash, or several flashes, of very bright light in the sky caused by electricity |XJ ffe: a flash of light­ning —iSPsl 0 cl violent storm with thunder and light­ning       o He was struck by light­

ning and killed. #,jklft] ffeA A M^Eo 0 (NAmEj Lightning strikes caused scores of fires across the state. HA^rUA fETTCI lightning never strikes (in the same place) twice (saying) an unusual or unpleasant event is not likely to happen in the same place or to the same people twice [SJIf 69$-X«ft£/E

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'lightning rod noun 1 (NAmE) = lightning con­ductor 2 (especially NAmE) a person or thing that attracts criticism, especially if the criticism is then not directed at sb/sth else       ( s$M- )

.lightning 'strike noun (erf) a strike by a group of workers that is sudden and without warning |X] ife ^

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'light pen noun 1 a piece of equipment, shaped like a pen, that is sensitive to light and that can be used to pass information to a computer when it touches the screen ( j!Xl"Ji+lftJMftA#!, 1$ ) A3! 2 a similar piece of equipment that is used for reading bar codes

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'light pollution noun [U] the existence of too much artificial light in the environment, for example from street lights, which makes it difficult to see the stars ft

light-ship /'laitjip/ noun a small ship that stays at a particular place at sea and that has a powerful light on it to warn and guide other ships ( $f±AMffl69 ) £F$S 'light show noun a display of changing coloured lights, for example at a pop concert ( fjfilf W .A A#69 ) flit

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'light water noun [u] 1 (chemistry it) water that contains the normal amount of deuterium $£7jC ( tK R3 fft itlE # ) — compare heavy water 2 (technical A iff) a type of foam (= mass of bubbles) used to put out fires XAifcft;

light-weight /'laitweit/ adj., noun madj. 1 made of thinner material and less heavy than usual ( #$ ) I5M69, HIM 69: a lightweight jacket & fH69@±X 2 (disapproving) not very serious or impres­sive XTIfr69; A£p|£X?f 69: a lightweight book p*g

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A (    ) : a political lightweight

± 69 A £ it ¥ 0 He’s an intellectual lightweight (= he does not think very deeply or seriously). ftkjlAII1 AX

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'light year noun 1 (astronomy A) the distance that light travels in one year, 9.4607 x io12 kilometres AX ( fa 9.4607 x 1012 AS. ) : The nearest star to earth is about 4 light years away. ^fti£69tlMA^9 A 4 AXo 2 light years [pi.] a very long time ISAN'lR; ISA: Full employment still seems light years away. AAEikf7ftf£f$l^itA|J]o lig-nite /'lignait/ noun [U] a soft brown type of coal lig-no-caine /'lignakein; BrE also -nauk-/ noun [U]

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lik able (especially NAmE) = likeable like (Hr /laik/ prep., verb, conj., noun, adj., adv. m prep. 1 similar to sb/sth f0 ; M ; ft : She’s wearing a dress like mine. M$69*£Xig5l5c69fflf!iL <> He’s very like his father, fife IS ft fife 69 A  0 She looks

nothing like (= not at all like) her mother. #tkXI# ~ tfeXftM-fifo That sounds like (= I think I can hear) him coming now. Djf Aafft/lftfaATo 2 used to ask sb’s opinion of sb/sth ( ilj|RMJaL )    A#: What’s it like

studying in Spain?     0 This new

girlfriend of his—what’s she like? ftej£Air69AJ!fiA         

M !=• A # A # 6§ A ? 3 used to show what is usual or typical for sb (    ) #lX--69#&, ft-X

A: It’s just like her to tell everyone about it. MWtjkjk AAAJL, 4 in the same way

as sb/sth ft • • • — # : Students were angry at being treated like children. X X XX ffi ftfc III A fXX X1#        f!)

X'iX 0 He ran like the wind (= very fast). ffejiSI# A i&0 o You do it like this.  <> I, like everyone

else, had read these stories in the press. flcftA^—

B & & H ffi ±         *fltit o 0 Don’t look at me

like that. S'] & # ^ H ^ 0 0 (informal) The candles are arranged like so (= in this way). J® M IP Ik #  7!I

69 o 5 for example #!] flP ; ft A: anti-Utopian

novels like ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’ i# «zj/j^JE£[i|> m « 1984 » z m 69 & R, % n A iii o note at as more like ... used to give a number or an amount that is more accurate than one previously mentioned (   iii£: He

believes the figure should be more like $10 million. 4tfeiA 1000 7tcI17^7 o more 'like (it) (informal) 1 better; more acceptable t^ A ^ ;i Afti$: This is more like it! Real food—not that

canned muck. &UcH7! ^IE69'i'tJ  

S 69Ai M#pp o 2 used to give what you think is a better description of sth ( Mfn     ) f£J M ft J1R

• • • *£11’A ^: Just talking? Arguing more like it. fXfX.

what is sb ‘like? (BrE, informal) used to say that sb has done sth annoying, silly, etc. (i*?/A^A#?AAi*Av MS2JS69£-) «A ^A0^,          AAJi&A#7: Oh, what am I like?

I just completely forgot it. m,       A® ?

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■ verb (not usually used in the progressive tenses il # A AiSI rN") 1 to find sb/sth pleasant, attractive or of a good enough standard; to enjoy sth          [VN]

She’s nice. I like her. M AISfEf, iSH0 Do you like their new house? fA# Afifefll 69Iff ^7pEi? o Which tie do you like best? fftit0 How did you like Japan (= did you find it pleasant)? ffc'Rtf# 0 A#?

01 don’t like the way he’s looking at me.

69#7R <> You’ve got to go to school, whether you like it or not. A W # # A A H ^, f71# ± ^ „ 0 [V -ing] She’s never liked swimming.  o [VN -ing]