| 释义 |
Examples:(of skin) lightly pigmented—lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly—Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen others' gossip.—hit the ball lightly (sport)—let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)—glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later—(start) dancing lightly and gracefully—massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude—see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression—lit. inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power—(of a rumor etc) collapse (in the light of facts etc)—light petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)—lit. collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background—struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other—sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental plates)—cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)—sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)—light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)—face light up with delight (idiom); beam with joy—parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years—dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)—lit. cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time—As the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes light—as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers death)—become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven—a poor light but nevertheless inextinguishable [idiom.]—classifier for wisps of cloud, light beams or similar—classifier for long thin stretches, e.g. jet of gas, streak of light, river; for objects presenting multiple, successive barriers; for individual steps in a process; for orders, questions e.g. in a test—classifier for bunches, bundles e.g. flowers or straw, and beams of light— |