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adjective1. Having little weight; not heavy:lightweight, weightless.Idiom: light as a feather.2. Of small intensity:gentle, moderate, slight, soft.3. Requiring little effort or exertion:easy, moderate.4. Amusing but essentially empty and frivolous:frothy.5. Free from care or worry:blithe, carefree, debonair, lighthearted.6. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:easy, fast, libertine, loose, wanton, whorish.verbTo come to rest on the ground:alight, land, set down, settle, touch down.phrasal verb
light intoInformal. To set upon with violent force:aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike.Informal: pitch into.phrasal verb
light on or upon
To find or meet by chance:bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.Archaic: alight on (or upon).Idiom: meet up with.

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light (up)on

1. To land or rest upon something. The large black crow lighted on the telephone wire high above the street. As he walked into the room, his eyes lighted upon a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress.2. To arrive at a thought or idea. The engineer lighted on a mathematical solution to the problem he'd been trying to solve all week.3. To chance or happen upon; to discover by luck or chance. We'd been lost in the woods for hours. Thankfully, we eventually lit upon a small stream that led us to the lake next to the campground.See also: light

light (up)on someone or something

1. Lit. to land on someone or something; to settle on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Three butterflies lit on the baby, causing her to shriek with delight. The bees lit on the clover blossom and pulled it to the ground. Her glance lit upon a dress in the store window. 2. Fig. to arrive at something by chance; to happen upon something. The committee lit upon a solution that pleased almost everyone. We just happened to light upon this idea as we were talking to each other.See also: light, on

light on

Also, light upon. Happen upon, come across, discover. For example, John was delighted to light on a new solution to the problem, or We were following the path when suddenly we lit upon a cave. [Second half of 1400s] See also: light, on

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释义	light on Thesaurus light² adjective1. Having little weight; not heavy:lightweight, weightless.Idiom: light as a feather.2. Of small intensity:gentle, moderate, slight, soft.3. Requiring little effort or exertion:easy, moderate.4. Amusing but essentially empty and frivolous:frothy.5. Free from care or worry:blithe, carefree, debonair, lighthearted.6. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:easy, fast, libertine, loose, wanton, whorish.verbTo come to rest on the ground:alight, land, set down, settle, touch down.phrasal verb light intoInformal. To set upon with violent force:aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike.Informal: pitch into.phrasal verb light on or upon To find or meet by chance:bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.Archaic: alight on (or upon).Idiom: meet up with. Translations accorgersi discoprire casualmente light on light (up)on 1. To land or rest upon something. The large black crow lighted on the telephone wire high above the street. As he walked into the room, his eyes lighted upon a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress.2. To arrive at a thought or idea. The engineer lighted on a mathematical solution to the problem he'd been trying to solve all week.3. To chance or happen upon; to discover by luck or chance. We'd been lost in the woods for hours. Thankfully, we eventually lit upon a small stream that led us to the lake next to the campground.See also: light light (up)on someone or something 1. Lit. to land on someone or something; to settle on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Three butterflies lit on the baby, causing her to shriek with delight. The bees lit on the clover blossom and pulled it to the ground. Her glance lit upon a dress in the store window. 2. Fig. to arrive at something by chance; to happen upon something. The committee lit upon a solution that pleased almost everyone. We just happened to light upon this idea as we were talking to each other.See also: light, on light on Also, light upon. Happen upon, come across, discover. For example, John was delighted to light on a new solution to the problem, or We were following the path when suddenly we lit upon a cave. [Second half of 1400s] See also: light, on
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