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Lite Describe Fat Fewer Word Lower Calories Adj

英语单词 lite
英美音标 英 [laɪt] 美 [laɪt]
中文释义 adj.清淡的(指食物或饮料不含卡路里或低糖、低盐、低油脂的);类似…的劣质品
英语例句 (1) He described this movie as "Hitchcock lite".
中文例句 (1) 他把这部电影称为“模仿希区柯克导演手法的平庸之作”。
vocabulary简明 Lite is how many advertisers and companies spell "light," to describe a product that has less fat, fewer calories, and so on. For example, lite cream cheese is the choice of many dieters.
vocabulary扩展 If you add lite to the beginning of a word, it usually means lower in calories. Lite beer, sodas, and cookies all contain fewer calories than the regular versions. If you hyphenate lite at the end of a word, it suggests something is lower in substance than the original, like a political leader whose speech to voters might be policy-lite, meaning it does not focus just on laws. Otherwise, you're better off with the light spelling.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词](食物或饮料)低热量的,低糖的,低脂的;低酒精的 Lite is used to describe foods or drinks that contain few calories or low amounts of sugar, fat, or alcohol.
  • ...lite beer.

    淡啤酒

  • ...lite yogurt.

    低脂酸奶

2
[ADJ 形容词]弱化的;简化的;缩水的 If you describe something as lite, you dislike it because it is a weaker and less demanding version of something else.
  [oft n ADJ]
  [disapproval]
  • ... an extended, self congratulatory session of easy-listening jazz-lite.

    一场为时过长、自我陶醉的注水版爵士轻音乐演奏

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