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| 1 | T to make something start to burn 点着；点燃 |
| Amy lit a cigarette. 埃米点了一支烟。 |
| | 1a | I to start to burn 开始燃烧 | | The fire won’ t light if the wood is wet. 木头如果变潮就点不着。 | |
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| 2 | light T often passive to make a place brighter by giving it light 照亮；使变亮 |
| +by The room was lit by candlelight. 房间被烛光照亮。 |
| dimly/badly/brightly lit The room was dimly lit. 房间光线昏暗。 |
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| 3 | T if you light someone’ s way , you use a light to lead them through a dark place 用灯光指引（某人）；拿灯为（某人）引路 |
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| - | light a fire under sb mainly AMERICAN informal
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| to make someone work harder |
| 使某人更加努力工作 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˈlight on or ˈlight upon |
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| | light on/upon sth: to suddenly find something or think of something 突然找到（或想到） | Suddenly she lit upon a new way of approaching the problem. 她突然想出一个解决问题的新方法。 | |
| - | ˌlight ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T informal to light a cigarette 点（烟） |
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| 2 | T light32 | They could see the airport lit up far below them. 他们可以看到下面远处的机场灯火通明。 | | Fireworks were lighting up the night sky. 烟火照亮了夜空。 | |
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| 3 | I/T if someone’ s face or eyes light up , they express a strong emotion , usually happiness or excitement （人的脸或眼睛）放光彩，露喜色 | Antony’ s eyes lit up when Keiko walked into the room. 惠子走进房间时安东尼眼睛一亮。 | |
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| 4 | I if a light lights up , it starts to shine （灯）开始发亮光 | A warning signal lit up on the dashboard. 警报信号在汽车的仪表板上亮了起来。 | |
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