lighter

• n. 打火机；驳船；点火者
• vt. 驳运
• n. (Lighter)人名；(罗)利格特尔

来自light,发光，光线。

lighter (n.1)

"barge," late 15c., agent noun from light (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Dutch lichter, from lichten "to lighten, unload," on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf.

lighter (n.2)

"person who lights," 1550s, agent noun from light (v.2).

1. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy.

制造商们遇到的一个问题是，重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。

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2. Modern tennis rackets are now apparently 20 per cent lighter.

现代的网球拍据说比以前的轻20%。

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3. Giving an arsonist a lighter is beyond a joke.

把打火机交给纵火犯简直是不可理喻。

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4. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein.

这是他行文风格轻松活泼的作品中最出色的作品之一。

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5. The heavy dark table is inlaid with lighter wood.

笨重的深色桌子上嵌有颜色较浅的木头。

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