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单词 light relief
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light relief
light relief n. something which (or sometimes someone who) offers a short respite from an intense, serious, or onerous activity, situation, etc.; an amusing or pleasant diversion; (sometimes, and in earliest use) an instance of this.Cf. comic relief n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment
mirtha1250
solacec1290
recreationc1400
esbatement1477
pastime1490
pastancea1500
passe-temps1542
entertainment1561
relief?1578
fancy1590
sport1598
abridgement1600
entertain1601
recreative1615
amusatory1618
nutsa1625
diverter1628
recreator1629
passatempo1632
amuser1724
fun1726
dissipation1733
resource1752
distraction1859
enlivening1859
good, clean fun1867
enlivenment1883
light relief1885
laugh1921
not one's scene1962
violon d'Ingres1963
1885 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 May Here we see two of the most honored Judges of our bench..pleasantly discussing the last novel or the last play, as a light relief to their weightier intellectual morning work.
1909 Musical Times Mar. 175/1 Will the man who goes to the theatre to be amused ever tolerate..a drama containing no love interest, no light relief, nothing but an hour-and-three-quarters of black hate?
1971 W. Frishauer Will you welcome now... D. Frost x. 141 As a light relief he gave another of his ‘intimate’ parties for a few hundred people.
1984 Daily Mail 13 Oct. 18/5 Lucille Ball is the light relief in this famous film noir.
2013 J. Coe Expo 58 (2014) 37 I'm afraid I'm rather parochial in my tastes. I like Dickens. I read Wodehouse, for a bit of light relief.
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