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lighter

英 ['laɪtə] 美['laɪtɚ]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 打火机；驳船；点火者
vt. 驳运
n. (Lighter)人名；(罗)利格特尔

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词态变化

复数: lighters;

中文词源

lighter 打火机

来自light,发光，光线。

英文词源

lighter (n.1): "barge," late 15c., agent noun from light (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Dutch lichter, from lichten "to lighten, unload," on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf.
lighter (n.2): "person who lights," 1550s, agent noun from light (v.2).

双语例句

1. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy.: 制造商们遇到的一个问题是，重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。

2. Modern tennis rackets are now apparently 20 per cent lighter.: 现代的网球拍据说比以前的轻20%。

3. Giving an arsonist a lighter is beyond a joke.: 把打火机交给纵火犯简直是不可理喻。

4. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein.: 这是他行文风格轻松活泼的作品中最出色的作品之一。

5. The heavy dark table is inlaid with lighter wood.: 笨重的深色桌子上嵌有颜色较浅的木头。