lighter

/laɪtər/

意味: ライター、点火器具

例文: ALX-9000 sparked the fire with a lighter.
　　  ALX-9000がライターで火をつけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: cigarette lighter(ライター), lighter fluid(ライター用液体), lighter weight(軽量)

定義: 小さな火をつけるための道具。通常、ガスや液体燃料を使って火を起こす。キャンプやタバコを吸うときに使われることが多い。

lighterは約80,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
Noun: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
Noun: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Verb: transport in a flatbottom boat
Adjective: of comparatively little physical weight or density
Adjective: (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
Adjective: of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
Adjective: not great in degree or quantity or number
Adjective: psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
Adjective: characterized by or emitting light
Adjective: (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
Adjective: easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
Adjective: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
Adjective: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
Adjective: moving easily and quickly; nimble
Adjective: demanding little effort; not burdensome
Adjective: of little intensity or power or force
Adjective: (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
Adjective: weak and likely to lose consciousness
Adjective: very thin and insubstantial
Adjective: marked by temperance in indulgence
Adjective: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Adjective: having little importance
Adjective: intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
Adjective: silly or trivial
Adjective: designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
Adjective: having relatively few calories
Adjective: (of sleep) easily disturbed
Adjective: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I need a lighter to start the campfire.(キャンプファイヤーを始めるためにライターが必要です。)
This box is much lighter than the old one.(この箱は古いものよりずっと軽いです。)
She bought a lighter shade of blue paint.(彼女はもっと明るい青のペンキを買いました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: do you have a light?
Adjective: a light load
Adjective: magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C
Adjective: light blue
Adjective: light colors such as pastels
Adjective: a light-colored powder
Adjective: light infantry
Adjective: light cavalry
Adjective: light industry
Adjective: light weapons
Adjective: a light sentence
Adjective: a light accent
Adjective: casualties were light
Adjective: light snow was falling
Adjective: light misty rain
Adjective: light smoke from the chimney
Adjective: a light heart
Adjective: a room that is light when the shutters are open
Adjective: the inside of the house was airy and light
Adjective: a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable
Adjective: a weak stress on the second syllable
Adjective: a light diet
Adjective: light soil
Adjective: efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
Adjective: clear laughter like a waterfall
Adjective: clear reds and blues
Adjective: a light lilting voice like a silver bell
Adjective: the dancer was light and graceful
Adjective: a lightsome buoyant step
Adjective: walked with a light tripping step
Adjective: light housework
Adjective: light exercise
Adjective: the light touch of her fingers
Adjective: a light breeze
Adjective: light water is ordinary water
Adjective: suddenly felt faint from the pain
Adjective: was sick and faint from hunger
Adjective: felt light in the head
Adjective: a swooning fit
Adjective: light-headed with wine
Adjective: light-headed from lack of sleep
Adjective: thin paper
Adjective: light summer dresses
Adjective: abstemious with the use of adverbs
Adjective: a light eater
Adjective: a light smoker
Adjective: ate a light supper
Adjective: a light pound
Adjective: a scant cup of sugar
Adjective: regularly gives short weight
Adjective: losing his job was no light matter
Adjective: light verse
Adjective: a light comedy
Adjective: idle pleasure
Adjective: light banter
Adjective: light idle chatter
Adjective: light aircraft
Adjective: a light truck
Adjective: diet cola
Adjective: light (or lite) beer
Adjective: lite (or light) mayonnaise
Adjective: a low-cal diet
Adjective: in a light doze
Adjective: a light sleeper
Adjective: a restless wakeful night
Adjective: her easy virtue
Adjective: he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
Adjective: wanton behavior

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abstemious, barge, calorie-free, clean, clear, easy, faint, flatboat, hoy, idle, igniter, ignitor, light, light-colored, light-headed, lighter, lightheaded, lightsome, lite, loose, low-cal, promiscuous, scant, short, sluttish, swooning, tripping, unaccented, unclouded, wakeful, wanton, weak

Antonyms(反意語): dark, heavy

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): boat, device, fuel, transport

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acoustic device, adapter, advect, afterburner, agglomerator, airfoil, alarm, appliance, applicator, ark, aspergill, autopilot, bait, barge, billiard marker, biomass, bird feeder, blower, bootjack, breathalyzer, breathing device, bubbler, buffer, bumboat, bus, butane, canal boat, carry over, catapult, charcoal, charger, clip-on, coal gas, coke, comb, combustible, comforter, conductor, contraceptive, converter, corer, corrective, crusher, cryptograph, cutoff, dampener, damper, deflector, dental appliance, depressor, detector, diesel oil, diestock, drive, drop forge, elastic device, electrical device, electronic device, energizer, exercise device, explosive device, fan, ferry, filter, fire, fire extinguisher, fireboat, firewood, flare, float, fossil fuel, freight, fuel oil, fumigator, gas fixture, gasohol, gasoline, gondola, groover, guard, guard boat, gunboat, heat exchanger, heater, holding device, horn, hydrofoil, igniter, illuminant, imprint, indicator, instrument, interlock, interrupter, jig, junk, kerosene, key, keyboard, kinetoscope, knocker, lift, lifting device, lighter, longboat, lugger, machine, mackinaw, magnet, mailboat, mechanism, memory device, methanol, motorboat, musical instrument, nest egg, noisemaker, nuclear fuel, optical device, override, paper feed, peeler, pick, pick up, pilot boat, pipe, police boat, power takeoff, prod, prompter, propane, pull, punt, raft, rail, red fire, reflector, release, remote control, reset, restraint, river boat, router, runner, scow, scratcher, sea boat, shoehorn, shoetree, shooting stick, shredder, signaling device, sledge, sluice, small boat, snowshoe, sounder, source of illumination, stabilizer, steamboat, stemmer, straightener, strengthener, stylus, suction cup, support, surfboat, sweatbox, synchroflash, take-up, teaser, teleport, tender, throwing stick, tilter, tongs, toy, trap, trigger, truck, tugboat, valve, vaporizer, ventilator, washboard, water cooler, water gas, wheel, wheelbarrow

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): cigar lighter, dredger, firelighter, fuse, houseboat, kindling, match, pontoon, punk, scow, wherry

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: abstemiousness, barge, clarity, clearness, faint, faintness, ignite, light, lighter, lighterage, lightheadedness, lightness, lightsomeness, looseness, promiscuity, promiscuousness, scantness, sluttishness, uncloudedness, wakefulness, wanton, wantonness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology, technology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

TOEIC500

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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