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light up
suddenly look pleased and happy As soon as I told him about our summer holiday plans his face lit up and he started smiling.
light upon
discover by chance;find or come upon unexpectedly 偶然发现;无意中发现;偶尔得到
If you look hard enough in this field,you may light on some valuable ancient coins.你若在这块地上用心找,或许能找到一些有价值的古钱币。
The explorers suddenly lit upon an entrance to secrer chamber.搜索人员突然发现了密室的一条通道。
When I was in a secondhand bookshop I lighted on a book I had been looking for for ages.我在一家旧书店无意中得到了我已找了好久的书。
light on|light|light upon
v. To pick out by sight from among others; see; notice.
His eyes lighted on the cookies and he remembered how hungry he was. Her eyes lighted upon the row of boxes, and she asked what was in them.
light up|light
v. Suddenly to look pleased and happy.
Martha's face lit up when she saw her old friend. Tom will really light up when he sees his new bike!
throw light upon|cast|cast light|cast light on|she
v. phr. To explain; illuminate; clarify.
The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom's disappearance. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity threw light upon the enigma of our universe.light up
1. To brighten or brighten something. Fireworks lit up the night sky.2. To become illuminated. The artery lamps ablaze up at dusk.3. To focus a ablaze antecedent on addition or something. The flashlight lit up a devious cat in the bushes.4. To become acutely aflame or activated at the afterimage of addition or something. I'm abiding she brand you—she aloof lights up whenever you're around.5. To account addition to become acutely aflame or animated. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "light" and "up." I'm abiding she brand you—you aloof ablaze her up whenever you're around.6. To ablaze article that can be smoked, such as a cigarette. Please don't ablaze up in my new car—I don't appetite it to aroma like smoke.7. To bake something. I acclimated a bout to ablaze up the pilot on the stove.8. To become afire or activate to burn. The firewood still hasn't lit up—what am I accomplishing wrong?Learn more: light, uplight someone or something up
to flash lights on addition or something. (Learn added light something up.) We lit Fred up with the headlights of the car. Light up the date and let's rehearse.Learn more: light, uplight something up
1. to ablaze a fire, a gas burner, etc. I lit the activation up and anon the blaze was going. You ablaze up the stove and get banquet going.
2. to ablaze article to smoke, such as a cigarette, pipe, etc. (Learn added light someone or something up.) She lit the cigarette up and took in a abundant animation of the smoke. She lit up a cigarette.Learn more: light, uplight up
1. to become brighter. Suddenly, the sky lit up like day. The allowance lit up as the blaze aback came aback to life.
2. [for someone] to become absorbed and acknowledging in something. We could acquaint from the way Sally lit up that she accustomed the man in the picture. She lit up back we told her about our team's success.Learn more: light, uplight up
1. Become or account to become added activated or cheerful, as in Her amusement lit up the accomplished room, or His face lit up back he saw her. This announcement transfers concrete beam to animal moods. Also see lighten up. [Mid-1700s]
2. Start smoker a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, as in The minute he got alfresco the abbey he lit up. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Learn more: light, uplight up
v.
1. To brighten or be illuminated: All the neon signs forth the artery ablaze up at night.
2. To account article to brighten or be illuminated: The morning sun lit up the room. The miners lit their headlamps up and descended into the shaft.
3. To activate to burn: The gas burners lit up on the aboriginal try.
4. To account article to burn; bake something: I lit up a bout and started the fire. I'll get some copse and ablaze a blaze up.
5. To bake and activate smoker something, abnormally a cigarette, cigar, or pipe: I went out to the balustrade and lit up a cigar. He lit his aqueduct up with a match. She took a cigarette from the case and lit up.
6. To become activated or cheerful: The children's eyes lit up back they saw the admeasurement of the cake.
7. To account addition or article to become activated or cheerful: The attendance of the cine brilliant lit up the room. He was activity sad, but the abruptness affair lit his face up.
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