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单词 lighted
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lightedadj.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈlaɪdᵻd/
Forms: see light v.2 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < light v.2 + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier alight adj. and later unlighted adj., and also later lit adj.1
1. Kindled, ignited; burning. In later use also of electrically operated lights, etc.: switched on. Also figurative. Cf. lit adj.1 1.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up
lightc1300
lightedc1450
illuminate?a1475
circumfulseda1513
illustrate1526
in light1534
lighted1596
illightened1609
enlightened1640
unblown1647
luminated1652
illuminated1664
lit1783
alight1817
lit-up1835
littena1849
light-struck1923
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > setting on fire or alight > set on fire or alight
light?1387
fireda1425
lightedc1450
enkindled1549
inflamed1603
incensed1663
igniteda1691
conflagrated1814
incendiated1922
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 769 For as flaumbe ys but lyghted smoke Ryght soo sovne ys aire y-broke.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) i. vii. 530 Hee vsd this stratagem of warr, to sticke vp lighted mattches, which from farr seemd standes of pikes and shott, hidd in the darcke.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 64 Searching..with a lighted Candle.
1903 M. W. Dunn tr. G. de Maupassant Notre Coeur in Wks. IX. xiii. 230 All trembling with his newly lighted passion.
1990 N.Y. Times 22 July (Late ed.) 10/1 A lighted bulb hung from the ceiling, the electricity made possible by a wire strung from the house of a neighbor who had tapped illegally into the current.
2005 S. Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 155 The lighted tip of Finkenberger's cigarette was his beacon, and he swam towards it through the eyeless darkness.
2. Illuminated; supplied with light. Also figurative. Cf. lit adj.1 2.Recorded earliest in well-lighted adj. 1.
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1596 R. Agas Preparative to Platting Landes & Tenem. 5 Framed in a well lighted house.
a1740 J. Adams Poems Several Occasions (1745) 160 Nor candles thro' the lighted Windows glow, Nor Hand in Hand the Bride and Bridegroom go.
a1746 M. Leapor Poems (1748) I. 83 But I shall pass the Wedding-day, Nor stay to paint the Ladies gay, Nor splendor of the lighted Hall.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott (rev. ed.) iv, in Poems (new ed.) I. 86 In the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer.
1857 ‘M. Leslie’ Househ. Angel in Disguise vii. 80 She saw Clarence,..then, with a light bound, sprang forward into the room, her eyes sparkling, and her whole countenance lighted with joy.
2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Sept. a19/1 He photographed musicians in their often dimly lighted natural environment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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