light·er
noun/ˈlaɪtə(r)/
/ˈlaɪtər/
- (also cigarette lighter)a small device that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes, etc.
打火机 - He flicked his lighter but it didn’t catch.
他打了一下打火机但没有打着。 - She pulled out a small silver lighter from her bag.
她从包里掏出一只小巧的银质打火机。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cigarette
- butane
- gas
- …
- flick
- pull out
- He flicked his lighter but it didn’t catch.
- a boat with a flat bottom used for carrying goods to and from ships in harbour
驳船
Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from light (in the sense ‘unload’), or from Middle Low German luchter.