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lightening 音标拼音: [l'ɑɪtənɪŋ] 照明; 发光 照明; 发光 lightening n 1: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped 2: changing to a lighter color [ synonym: { whitening}, { lightening}] lightening \ lightening\ n. The process of changing to a lighter color. Syn: whitening. [ WordNet 1. 5]
Lighten \ Light" en\ ( l[ imac] t"' n), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Lightened} ( l[ imac] t"' nd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Lightening}.] [ OE. lightenen. See { Light} to kindle, illuminate.] 1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash. [ 1913 Webster] This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky. [ 1913 Webster] 74 Moby Thesaurus words for " lightening": abatement, achromatization, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, assuagement, blanching, bleach, bleaching, blunting, brightening, calming, damping, deadening, decoloration, decolorization, decolorizing, demulsion, diminution, disburdening, discoloration, disembarrassment, disencumbering, disencumberment, disencumbrance, dulcification, dulling, easement, easing, enlightening, etiolation, fading, falling- off, hushing, illuminating, illumining, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lighting, loosening, lulling, madder bleach, market bleach, mitigation, modulation, mollification, pacification, paling, palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief, relieving, remission, slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, tempering, tranquilization, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading, unsaddling, untaxing, unweighting, whitening
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