lit

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Little. obsolete,uncountable
  2. Colour; blee; dye; stain. UK,dialectal,uncountable
  3. Clipping of literature. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,uncountable
    — Do we have any lit homework tonight?
动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”) form-of,participle,past
  2. To run or light (alight). US,dialectal
    — With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!
  3. To colour; dye. transitive
  4. simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”) form-of,participle,past
    — […] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.
形容词 adj.
  1. Illuminated.
    — He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. Little. obsolete
  3. Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol. slang
    — True to my word last night, I got very lit.
  4. Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so. slang,usually
  5. Exciting, captivating; fun. slang
    — This party is gonna be lit.
  6. Excellent, fantastic; cool. slang
    — Those jeans are lit.

词形变化

lits present,singular,third-person litting participle,present litted participle,past litted past more lit comparative most lit superlative litter comparative more lit comparative littest superlative most lit superlative lits present,singular,third-person litting participle,present litted participle,past litted past

词源

词源 1
Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”).
This form was proscribed during the 18th and 19th centuries, with lighted being preferred, but is now the most common past form of light.
词源 2
From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.
词源 3
From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic litur (“colour”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).
词源 4
From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.
词源 5
Short for literature.
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