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light [lights] (electromagnetic waves) noun [UK: laɪt] [US: ˈlaɪt] | 光 /guāng/noun 光亮 /guāngliàng/noun |
light [lights] (source of illumination) noun [UK: laɪt] [US: ˈlaɪt] | 光源 /guāngyuán/noun 灯 /dēng/noun 燈noun |
light at the end of the tunnel (a better situation after long hardship) noun [UK: laɪt ət ðə end əv ðə ˈtʌn.l̩] [US: ˈlaɪt ət ðə ˈend əv ðə ˈtʌn.l̩] | 希望 /xīwàng/noun |
light bulb [light bulbs] (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) noun [UK: laɪt bʌlb] [US: ˈlaɪt ˈbəlb] | 灯泡 /dēngpào/noun 燈泡noun 電燈泡noun |
light cavalry (military unit) noun | 輕騎noun 輕騎兵noun 轻骑 /qīngqí/noun 轻骑兵 /qīngqíbīng/noun |
light-emitting diode (rectifying semiconductor device) noun [UK: laɪt ɪˈmɪtɪŋ ˈdaɪəʊd ] [US: laɪt ɪˈmɪtɪŋ ˈdaɪˌoʊd ] | 發光二極管noun 發光二極體noun |
light field (function) noun | 光场 /guāngchǎng/noun 光場noun |
light hour (unit of distance) noun | 光時 /guāngshí/noun |
light in the loafers (homosexual, see also: homosexual) adjective | 死基佬 /sǐ jīlǎo/adjective |
light industry (industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery) noun [UK: laɪt ˈɪn.də.stri] [US: ˈlaɪt ˈɪn.də.stri] | 輕工業noun 轻工业 /qīnggōngyè/noun |
light pen [light pens] (a computer input device) noun [UK: laɪt pen] [US: ˈlaɪt ˈpen] | 光笔 /guāngbǐ/noun 光筆noun |
light pollution (excess artificial light) noun [UK: laɪt pə.ˈluːʃ.n̩] [US: ˈlaɪt pə.ˈluːʃ.n̩] | 光害 /guānghài/noun 光污染 /guāngwūrǎn/noun |
light rail (type of passenger railway) noun | 輕軌noun 轻轨 /qīngguǐ/noun |
light source [light sources] (source of illumination) noun [UK: laɪt sɔːs] [US: ˈlaɪt ˈsɔːrs] | 光源 /guāngyuán/noun |
light switch (switch used to turn the light on or off) noun [UK: laɪt swɪtʃ] [US: ˈlaɪt ˈswɪtʃ] | 電燈開關noun |
light year (astronomical distance) noun | 光年 /guāngnián/noun |
lighter [lighters] (fire-making device) noun [UK: ˈlaɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈlaɪ.tər] | 打火机 /dǎhuǒjī/noun 打火機noun |
lighthouse [lighthouses] (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) noun [UK: ˈlaɪt.haʊs] [US: ˈlaɪt.ˌhɑːws] | 岸标 /ànbiāo/noun 岸標noun 灯塔 /dēngtǎ/noun 燈塔noun |