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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.light; lamp; lantern
这个灯坏了，不亮了。
The light doesn't work.
灯坏了，房间里很暗，什么都看不清楚。
The lamp didn't work, and the room was dark. We couldn't see anything clearly.
那辆汽车没有打开灯。
That car hasn't got its lights on.
- 2
n.apparatus used to give heat by burning liquid or gas
电石灯
carbide furnace
喷灯
blowtorch
- 3
n.valve; tube
Words and phrases with 灯
- 灯船[word]lightship
- 灯笼椒[word]sweet pepper
- 灯蛾[word]moth attracted to lamplight
- 灯标[word]beacon; decorative lighting or sign
- 灯烛[word]lamps and candles
- 灯市[word]fair selling lanterns at Lantern Festival
- 灯谜[word]riddle written on a lantern
- 灯开关[word]lamp switch
- 灯座[word]lamp-socket
- 灯红酒绿[idiom]feasting and revelry; bustling nightlife
- 灯火辉煌[idiom]ablaze with lights
- 灯蛾扑火[idiom]suicidal act
Word usage
- common measure word"灯" is often matched with measure word "盏"or"排".
一盏灯
one lamp
一排灯
one row of lamps