LIGHTERとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈlaɪtɚ/, [ˈlaɪɾɚ]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlaɪtə/
• 韻: -aɪtə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: light‧er

語源 1

From light (“to ignite”) +‎ -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch lichtere, lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”), Dutch lichter, luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”). Compare also 中期英語 lightnere, liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”).

名詞

lighter (plural lighters)

1. A person who lights things.

   a lighter of lamps

2. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

   Synonym: (dated) briquet

   Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.

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語源 2

From 中期英語 lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) +‎ -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”).

名詞

lighter (plural lighters)

1. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
   • 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

     It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.

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動詞

lighter (third-person singular simple present lighters, present participle lightering, simple past and past participle lightered)

1. To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.

   Hypernym: lighten

   • 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.

     Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.

2. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.

   Hypernym: lighten

語源 3

From light (“pale”) +‎ -er (“comparative”).

形容詞

lighter

1. comparative form of light: more light

   I prefer a lighter shade of pink.

語源 4

From light (“not heavy, weak”) +‎ -er (“comparative”).

形容詞

lighter

1. comparative form of light: more light

   What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!

   I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.

   • 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:

     The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory.

   • 1964 May, “News and Comment: WR's new parcel traffic method”, in Modern Railways, page 300:

     It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents.

   • 2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57:

     For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power.

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