• n. 打火機；駁船；點火者
• vt. 駁運
• n. (Lighter)人名；(羅)利格特爾

來自light,發光，光線。

lighter (n.1)

"barge," late 15c., agent noun from light (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Dutch lichter, from lichten "to lighten, unload," on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf.

lighter (n.2)

"person who lights," 1550s, agent noun from light (v.2).

1. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy.

制造商們遇到的一個問題是，重量較輕的汽車往往噪音大。

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2. Modern tennis rackets are now apparently 20 per cent lighter.

現代的網球拍據說比以前的輕20%。

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3. Giving an arsonist a lighter is beyond a joke.

把打火機交給縱火犯簡直是不可理喻。

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4. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein.

這是他行文風格輕松活潑的作品中最出色的作品之一。

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5. The heavy dark table is inlaid with lighter wood.

笨重的深色桌子上嵌有顏色較淺的木頭。

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