单词 | lightening |
释义 | lightening (once / 6015 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY lightening: lightenings+/enlighten: enlightened, enlightening, enlightenment, enlightens/enlightened: enlightenedest, enlightenedly, unenlightened/enlightening: enlighteningly, unenlightening/enlightenment: enlightenments, unenlightenment/light: light-colored, lighted, lighten, lighter, lightest, lighting, lightless, lightly, lightness, lights, lightsome/lighted: unlighted/lighten: enlighten, lightened, lightening, lightens/lighter: lighterage, lightered, lightering, lighters/lighting: lightings/lightless: lightlessness/lightness: lightnesses/lightsome: lightsomely, lightsomeness, lightsomer, lightsomest USAGE EXAMPLESPart of the issue is that markets are now driven by lightening quick, complex, computerized trading programs at the big banks and investment funds. Reuters(Dec 21, 2016) Hernandez felt as if he had been split open by lightening. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) In the Makola Market here, endless shops and stalls had walls filled with potions dedicated to the lightening of skin. New York Times(Nov 26, 2016) 1 n changing to a lighter color 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper whitening bleach the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) etiolation(botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight change of color an act that changes the light that something reflects n descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped Hyper descent a movement downward |
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