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lighter

noun
🔊/ˈlaɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈlaɪtər/
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  1. (also cigarette lighter)
     a small device that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes, etc.打火机
    • He flicked his lighter but it didn’t catch.他打了一下打火机但没有打着。
    • She pulled out a small silver lighter from her bag.她从包里掏出一只小巧的银质打火机。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cigarette
    • butane
    • gas
    • …
    verb + lighter
    • flick
    • pull out
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  2. a boat with a flat bottom used for carrying goods to and from ships in harbour驳船Topics Transport by waterc2
    3. Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from light (in the sense ‘unload’), or from Middle Low German luchter.