lighten
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they lighten | |
| he / she / it lightens | |
| past simple lightened | |
| past participle lightened | |
| -ing form lightening |
- [transitive] lighten something
to reduce the amount of work, debt, worry, etc. that somebody has 減輕，減少（工作量、債務、擔憂等） - [intransitive, transitive]
to become or make something become brighter or lighter in colour （使）變明亮，變成淡色 The sky began to lighten in the east. 東方開始透亮了。 - lighten something
Use bleach to lighten the wood. 用漂白劑把木材顔色漂淺。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to feel or make somebody feel less sad, worried or serious （使）感到不那麽悲傷（或擔憂、嚴肅）；緩和 - [transitive] lighten something
to make something lighter in weight 減輕…的重量