| 单词 | light of |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight of c. figurative. light of: unburdened by something; (more generally) having little of something. ΚΠ a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. xxix. 320 Laden with years, and so extremely light of honesty. 1894 B. Carman & R. Hovey Songs from Vagabondia 50 God fashioned a form..And he whistled, light of care. 1980 Private Eye 11 Apr. 24/2 (advt.) Some of our parties are a bit light of fellahs, so give us a ring if you want a swinging holiday on a Greek Island for as little as £159 for two weeks. light of 32. Cheerful, happy; untroubled by worries or sadness; carefree. Now only with reference to the heart or spirits. Formerly also in †light of: delighted with something (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > light-hearted lightOE recklessc1400 lightsomea1425 light-hearted1440 free-hearted1549 unsolicitous1668 jaunty1672 carefree1795 light-heart1802 sans-souciant1826 buoyant-minded1833 cheero1915 viscerotonic1937 funsy1958 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > light-hearted > light (of heart) lightOE halea1522 unweighted1883 OE Lacnunga (2001) I. cxxv. 88 Wið innoðes hefignese, syle etan rædic mid sealte, & eced supan, sona bið þæt mod leohtre. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 3949 (MED) The peeple was ful glad and liht. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 447 He was so light Of hir talking and of hir sight. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 24 All þere londes [probably read lordes] were light þat þai lyffe hade. 1778 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 73 I have rarely seen a very rich man with a light heart and light spirits. 1880 Morning Light 14 Feb. 62/1 I felt light and happy from the conscious feeling that I had performed a great and good piece of work. 1944 H. Martin & R. Blane Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (song, transcribed from film ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’) Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light Next year all our troubles will be out of sight. 2014 G. Jepson Out of Time: Cistercian Conspiracy xviii. 125 He could feel the warm sun's rays on his skin and his spirits were light and carefree as on any summer's day. to light (a vessel) of a. transitive. To unload (a ship or other vessel). Chiefly with of in to light (a vessel) of: to unload cargo, etc., from (a vessel). Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > put off or discharge (from) a ship landa1300 uncharge13.. dischargec1384 lightc1400 unladec1436 unshipa1450 loss1482 disbark1552 defreight1555 unbark1555 disload1568 inshore1577 unfreight1580 disembark1582 to bring aboarda1600 unload1599 dislade1609 shore?1615 unliver1637 debark1655 to take offa1688 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 160 To lyȝten þat lome, ȝif leþe wolde schape. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 624 Yar schip yai lychtyt sone. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M5 Where we must land some of our passengers, And light this weary vessell of her lode. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 200 Their long Counsels, which had been weather bound, came to a quiet Road, and their Vessel was lighted of those Statutes, which are of immortal Memory. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Introd. p. lxxxv A Bristol Ship..struck on a Rock two Miles from without the Town of Port Royal, but this Ship when lighted of the Goods was got off again. 1831 W. Fairbairn Remarks Canal Navigation 57 The boat was lighted of a considerable portion of her cargo. 1908 E. M. Bacon Boy's Hakluyt (1910) xvii. 282 They escaped [wreck] only by lighting the ship of three tons of their precious cloves and several pieces of ordnance. < as lemmas |
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