| 单词 | lighten |
| 释义 | light·en I. transitive verb 1. a. < a moon riding high lightened their path to the beach — Ernest Beaglehole > b. < lighten the picture for consumption abroad — U.T.Holmes > < the good news lightened his gloom > 2. archaic < have power on this dark land to lighten it — Alfred Tennyson > 3. < lightened the blue paint before applying it to the wall > intransitive verb 1. a. archaic < her lamp lightens in the tower — Sir Walter Scott > b. < her face would lighten directly you entered the room — Osbert Sitwell > 2. < this dreadful night that thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars — Shakespeare > II. transitive verb 1. a. < lightens the ship > < the good news lightened his mind > b. < every student educated at private expense lightens the burden on the state — T.L.Hungate > < decide to lighten their holdings of rayon goods — S.B.Hunt > 2. < the time since I wrote last has been lightened by two jolly dinners — H.J.Laski > 3. < no companionship to lighten his work — Robertson Davies > < afraid of intruding upon a sorrow that I could not lighten — Oscar Wilde > intransitive verb 1. < some correspondents believe censorship has lightened somewhat — New York Times > < as the war debt lightened, economic and commercial development was rapid — American Guide Series: Louisiana > 2. < his mood lightened and brightened as he figured things out — O.E.Rölvaag > Synonyms: see relieve |
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