英语词典 · 单词释义
lighter
英 ['laɪtə] 美 ['laɪtɚ]
这里集中整理“lighter”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 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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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。
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- 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%。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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