| 释义 |
Examples: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)—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)—Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows—light hydrogen, the most common isotope of hydrogen, having no neutron, so atomic weight 1—face light up with delight (idiom); beam with joy—parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years—dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind)—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—classifier for bunches, bundles e.g. flowers or straw, and beams of light—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—a poor light but nevertheless inextinguishable [idiom.]— |