喜樂美語
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    Lightening is the -ing form of the verb 'lighten,' which means making something lighter — either lighter in weight (lightening your bag before a hike) or lighter in color (lightening your hair, or the sky lightening as the sun comes up). It also means making a mood or feeling less heavy or serious, like a joke lightening the mood in a tense room.

    使變輕；使變亮

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組成lighten ('to make lighter') + -ing (action in progress).

同家族的字

  • lightenlightening is simply the -ing form of the verb lighten
  • lightlighten and lightening both come from the adjective light, meaning 'not heavy' or 'bright'

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

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lighteningnoun詞源 1/ˈlaɪ.tn̩.ɪŋ/

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    The act or result of making something light or lighter.

    • Bradly did not think of Cora till he picked up her figure ahead of him on the downs, but with that he was aware of a sudden lightening of his spirits, and stepped out faster to overtake her.
  • 2

    medicinesciencesThe sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour

  • 3

    nauticaltransportThe removal of cargo (especially crude oil) from a vessel in order to reduce its draft

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。