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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   lighten

   • IPA[ˈlītn]

   美式

   • v.
     make or become lighter or brighter；enlighten spiritually

   • verb: lighten, 3rd person present: lightens, gerund or present participle: lightening, past tense: lightened, past participle: lightened

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or become lighter or brighter the sky began to lighten in the east she had lightened her hair 同義詞 become lighter, grow brighter, brighten, make lighter, make brighter, ... 更多brighten, light up, illuminate, throw/cast/shed light on, shine on, irradiate, flood with light, floodlight, literaryillumine, whiten, make white(r), bleach, peroxide, blanch, make pale(r), remove color from, fade, wash out, decolor, decolorize反義詞 darken, darken, blacken
   • ▪ archaic enlighten spiritually now the Lord lighten thee, thou art a great fool
   • 2. rare emit flashes of lightning; flash with lightning it thundered and lightened 同義詞 emit lightning, flash lightning, rarefulgurate
3. • 更多解釋

   lighten

   • IPA[ˈlʌɪtn]

   英式

   • v.
     make or become lighter or brighter: the sky began to lighten in the east she had lightened her hair

   Oxford Dictionary

   lighten

   • IPA[ˈlītn]

   美式

   • v.
     make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity: efforts to lighten the burden of regulation the strain had lightened

   Oxford American Dictionary

   lighten

   • IPA[ˈlʌɪtn]

   英式

   • v.
     make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity: efforts to lighten the burden of regulation the strain had lightened

   Oxford Dictionary