light
n. 光; 发光体; 点火物; 眼光; 亮色; 窗
v. 照亮; 点燃; 用光指引
adj. 天色亮的; 光线充足的; 浅色的; 轻便的; 轻的; 轻柔的; 轻松的; 少量的; 愉快的; 不严肃的; 清淡的; 松软的; 低度酒的; 易醒的
Light is the brightness that lets you see things. Light comes from sources such as the sun, moon, lamps, and fire.
Cracks of light filtered through the shutters...
斑驳的光线透过百叶窗照射进来。
Light and water in embassy buildings were cut off...
大使馆内的水电都被切断了。
A light is something such as an electric lamp which produces light.
The janitor comes round to turn the lights out...
看门人巡视一圈,把灯熄灭。
You get into the music, the lights and the people around you.
你融入到音乐、灯光以及身边的人群中。
You can use lights to refer to a set of traffic lights.
...the heavy city traffic with its endless delays at lights and crossings.
在交通灯和十字路口前长久等待的拥堵的城市车流
If a place or object is lit by something, it has light shining on it.
It was dark and a giant moon lit the road so brightly you could see the landscape clearly...
天黑了,一轮巨大的月亮把道路照得通明,周围的景物可以看得一清二楚。
The room was lit by only the one light...
房间里仅靠这一盏灯照明。
If it is light, the sun is providing light at the beginning or end of the day.
It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek...
我们到达拉隆溪时天还没黑。
He would often rise as soon as it was light and go into the garden.
他经常天一亮就起床去花园。
If a room or building is light, it has a lot of natural light in it, for example because it has large windows.
It is a light room with tall windows...
这间房有高大的窗子,光线充足。
Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.
她的房子光线充足,空气流通,清新整洁。
If you light something such as a cigarette or fire, or if it lights, it starts burning.
Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette...
斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。
If the charcoal does fail to light, use a special liquid spray and light it with a long taper.
要是木炭确实着不了的话,使用一种特殊的液体喷剂,再用长木片将其点燃。
If someone asks you for a light, they want a match or cigarette lighter so they can start smoking.
Have you got a light anybody?
你们谁有火吗?
If something is presented in a particular light, it is presented so that you think about it in a particular way or so that it appears to be of a particular nature.
He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
最近几个月里他努力从更积极的角度来描绘纽约。
You can refer to the type of influence that something has on situations, people, or things as the light of that situation, person, or thing.
...the harsh light of reality.
现实严酷的一面
You say that something is done or is acceptable according to someone's lights when you mean that it is done or is acceptable according to their own ideas and standards.
They can get on with running the school system according to their own lights and in their own interests.
他们可以继续按照自己的想法,依据自己的利益来管理学校系统。
If there is a light in someone's eyes, there is an expression in their eyes that shows you the mood they are in or what they are thinking about.
I remembered the curious expectant light in his eyes.
我记得他眼里那好奇而期待的目光。
If something comes to light or is brought to light, it becomes obvious or is made known to a lot of people.
Nothing about this sum has come to light...
关于这笔钱人们一无所知。
The truth is unlikely to be brought to light by the promised enquiry.
承诺要进行的调查不太可能揭露真相。
If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
At last the light dawned. He was going to marry Phylis!
终于明白过来了——他要和菲莉丝结婚了!
First light is the time in the early morning when light first appears and before the sun rises.
Three hours before first light Fuentes gave orders for the evacuation of the camp.
黎明前3个小时富恩特斯下达了撤离营地的命令。
If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something.
The food industry was given a green light to extend the use of these chemicals...
食品业获准继续使用这些化学品。
Other countries are eagerly awaiting an American green light to lift the sanctions altogether.
其他国家正在急切等待美国同意完全撤销制裁。
If something is possible in the light of particular information, it is only possible because you have this information.
In the light of this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues.
根据这一信息,现在有可能弄清楚几个关键问题了。
If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.
'Why didn't somebody come and tell me?' — 'Because you were out like a light.'
“为什么没有人来告诉我?”——“因为你一下就睡过去了。”
If you say that an object sees the light of day or sees the light, you mean that it is taken out of the place where it is stored.
Museum basements are stacked full of objects which never see the light of day.
博物馆的地下室里堆满了永远不会重见天日的物件。
If something sees the light of day at a particular time, it comes into existence or is made known to the public at that time.
This extraordinary document first saw the light of day in 1966.
这份非同寻常的文件第一次公开是在1966年。
If someone sees the light, they finally realize something or change their attitude or way of behaving to a better one.
I saw the light and ditched him.
我终于醒悟,甩掉了他。
If you set light to something, you make it start burning.
They had poured fuel through the door of the flat and had then set light to it.
他们隔着公寓门往里边倒汽油,然后点着了火。
To shed light on ,throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it.
A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question.
新的方法提供了一个答案,并且可能让人们对一个更大的问题有进一步的了解。
When you talk about the light at the end of the tunnel, you are referring to the end of the difficult or unpleasant situation that you are in at the moment.
All I can do is tell her to hold on, that there's light at the end of the tunnel.
我只能告诉她要坚持,让她知道总会柳暗花明的。
1. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation;
2. any device serving as a source of illumination;
3. a particular perspective or aspect of a situation;
4. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light;
5. an illuminated area;
6. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination;
7. the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures;
8. a person regarded very fondly;
9. mental understanding as an enlightening experience;
10. having abundant light or illumination;
11. public awareness;
12. brightness and animation of countenance;
13. a visual warning signal;
14. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
1. make lighter or brighter;
2. begin to smoke;
3. to come to rest, settle;
4. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat;
5. fall to somebody by assignment or lot;
6. get off (a horse)
1. of comparatively little physical weight or density;
2. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent;
3. of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment;
4. not great in degree or quantity or number;
5. psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles;
6. characterized by or emitting light;
7. used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress;
8. easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned;
9. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency;
10. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;
11. moving easily and quickly; nimble;
12. demanding little effort; not burdensome;
13. of little intensity or power or force;
14. (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average;
15. weak and likely to lose consciousness;
16. very thin and insubstantial;
17. marked by temperance in indulgence;
18. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
19. having little importance;
20. intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound;
21. silly or trivial;
22. having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened;
23. designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight;
24. having relatively few calories;
25. (of sleep) easily disturbed;
26. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;
1. with few burdens;
blaze, flame, flare, glow, glare, flash, glitter, twinkle, light
这些名词均含有"火焰,烈火,光"之意。
kindle, fire, ignite, light
这些动词均含"点燃,着火"之意。
lamp, light
这两个名词均有"灯"之意。
light up
(使)变得容光焕发或振奋
点香烟:开始吸香烟或雪茄、烟斗
light into 【非正式用语】
猛烈攻击;痛击
light out 【非正式用语】
匆匆离去;突然离开
bring (或 come) to light
(使)真相大白
go out like a light
(非正式)睡着;突然失去知觉
in a — light
以特定方式
in the light of (或北美in light of)
根据,考虑到
light a fire under someone
light and shade
(绘画中的)明暗对比
light at the end of the tunnel
(历尽艰辛之后的)希望之光
light the fuse
the light of day
日光
the light of someone's life
心爱的人,生命的阳光
lights out
(学校宿舍、军营等)熄灯
He's a leading light of the business.
他是那个商行的主脑.
Benjamin fumbled for the light switch.
本杰明手忙脚乱地找电灯开关.
In the light of his remarks, we rejected her offer.
鉴于他的评语, 我们拒绝了她的提议.
Put a match to the jet to light the gas.
将火柴放在煤气喷嘴上点燃煤气.
She gave him a light peck of farewell.
她给了他一个匆匆的吻道别.