lightening

1. V-ERG （使）发亮；（使）变得明亮；（使）变淡
   When something lightens or when you lighten it, it becomes less dark in colour.
   1. The sky began to lighten...
      天空开始变亮了。
   2. Leslie lightens her hair and has now had it cut into a short, feathered style.
      莱斯莉将头发染成了浅色，现在又剪了个短蓬头。
2. VERB 使缓和；调剂
   If someone lightens a situation, they make it less serious or less boring.
   1. Anthony felt the need to lighten the atmosphere...
      安东尼觉得有必要缓和一下气氛。
   2. He managed to lighten the generally lifeless debate at times...
      他让这场总体很沉闷的辩论时不时迸出了些火花。
   3. Her existence was lightened by bits of gossip.
      她的生活靠了飞短流长才不那么乏味。
3. V-ERG （使）（态度、心情等）变得轻松（或愉快）
   If your attitude or mood lightens, or if someone or something lightens it, they make you feel more cheerful, happy, and relaxed.
   1. As they approached the outskirts of the city, Ella's mood visibly lightened...
      他们快到市郊时，埃拉的情绪明显好转。
   2. The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing to lighten his mood.
      阳光透过窗户照进来，可是这也不能让他的心情开朗起来。
4. VERB 使变轻
   If you lighten something, you make it less heavy.
   1. It is a good idea to blend it in a food processor as this lightens the mixture...
      把它放到食品加工器里搅拌是个好主意，因为这样能够使混合物的分量减轻。
   2. He pulled the lightened sled with all his strength.
      他用尽全力拉减轻了重量的雪橇。
5. PHRASE 减轻…的负担
   If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
   1. The minister has persuaded the banks to lighten the burden of the foreign debt...
      部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。
   2. In sharing this secret you lighten your burden...
      和别人分享这个秘密可以减轻自己的负担。
   3. If you are responsible for children, lighten the load by asking others to help.
      如果你有抚养孩子的责任，可以请他人帮忙以减轻负担。

1. The lightening splintered a tree.
   闪电把一棵树劈开了。
2. Yet the very notion of lightening the burden has met opposition from the people who complain most: parents.
   然而，减负的观念遭到了对压力抱怨最多的家长的反对。
3. And it is lightening fast when deploying images because the installation and optimization has been done ahead of time.
   映像的部署像闪电般快速，因为安装和优化已经提前完成。
4. His parents were killed by Voldemort who gave him a lightening scar.
   他的父母都被伏地魔杀害了，他也留下了一道闪电疤痕。
5. The trunk of the oak was burnt by the lightening.
   橡树的树干被闪电烧焦了。
6. Occasionally a drizzle came down, and the intermittent flashes of lightening made us turn apprehensive glances toward Zero.
   偶尔下一点毛毛雨，断断续续的闪电使得我们不时忧虑地朝着零区方向望去。
7. What the lightening of happiness has told me.
   那幸福的闪电告诉我的。
8. Many countries have banned mercury skin lightening products because they are hazardous to human health.
   由于汞对人类健康构成危害，许多国家已禁止在美白产品中使用汞。
9. Thunder and lightening are not caused by gods being angry.
   打雷闪电并不是由于神发怒引起。
10. These electrical storms produce lightening bolts that are10,000 times as strong as the strongest bolts of lightening on earth.
    这些带电的风暴产生了闪电，这些闪电带比地球上最强的闪电还强一万倍。
11. Suddenly, by the light of the lightening, we saw something in the middle of the river.
    借着闪电的光亮，我们看到河中央有东西。
12. This important procedure is lightening the density of your body.
    这个重要过程是点亮你身体的密度。
13. Factor in the lightening strike, then it becomes an unknown.
    雷击的因素，那么他就变成了一无所知的人。
14. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder rolled and boomed.
    突然有一个惊人的明亮的闪光和减轻雷电推出繁荣。
15. I'm lightening the mood.
    我是想让气氛轻松些。
16. I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following.
    我看到闪电撕开云层，听到随之而来的雷声。
17. My heart began lightening when hearing the good news.
    听到这个好消息我的心情开始轻松了。
18. Then the idea came like a flash of lightening.
    后来一个念头闪电般地出现了。
19. It increases the comfort and safety of cars while lightening their bodies.
    它增加汽车舒适和安全，当照亮他们的身体时。
20. The form of mercury used in skin lightening soaps and creams is inorganic mercury.
    美白香皂和面霜中所使用的汞是无机形式的汞。
21. If lightening struck the conductor, it would travel down the wire to the ground.
    如果闪电击中避雷器，它就会沿着导线传到地面。
22. Some practical advices are proposed on preventing, lightening and eliminating librarians'job burnout.
    论文最后提出了预防、减缓和消除图书馆员工作倦怠的措施与建议。
23. A lightening strike by Spanish air traffic controllers has caused chaos in Spain Friday.
    上周星期五，在毫无征兆的情况下，西班牙机场航空调度员突然举行了罢工，并导致西班牙机场陷入混乱。
24. Early signs include an increase in Braxton Hicks contractions and dropping or lightening.
    早期征兆包括布拉克斯通·希克斯收缩和孕腹轻松。
25. The squirrel went up the tree like greased lightening.
    松鼠像闪电般爬上了树。
26. If I covered a mirror when a storm was raging, the lightening would not strike me.
    如果出现暴风骤雨时，我把镜子盖上，闪电就不会击我。
27. Because you are taller than me, the lightening will hit you first!
    因为你比我高啊！这闪电再怎么样也是先劈到你。
28. And whose energy brings thunder and lightening.
    它的能量化成了雷电。
29. By doing this you are lightening the load of hospital doctors.
    你这样做就在减轻医生们的负担。
30. Lightening has struck the tree and it's on fire.
    闪电划下来，引燃了树木。

noun

1. changing to a lighter color

   Synonym:    whitening

2. descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy