单词 | lighted |
释义 | lightedadj. 1. Kindled, ignited; burning. In later use also of electrically operated lights, etc.: switched on. Also figurative. Cf. lit adj.1 1. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.c1450 |
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