2020-10-29
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L – lighted - lit
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ถือว่า ถูกต้อง นี้ เป็นไป ตามมาตรฐาน ของภาษา
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่กำหนดมาตฐาน ถือตามส่วนใหญ่ที่ใช้แต่ละท้องถิ่น
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง light = ‘LAHYT’
ออกเสียง Lit = ‘LIT’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for light
Adjective
EASY, FACILE, SIMPLE, LIGHT, EFFORTLESS, SMOOTH
mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty.
EASY is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks. an easy college course
FACILE often adds to EASY the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. facile answers to complex questions
SIMPLE stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent. a simple problem in arithmetic
LIGHT stresses freedom from what is burdensome. a light teaching load
EFFORTLESS stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. moving with effortless grace
SMOOTH stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. a smooth ride
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Usage Note:
Lighted and lit are equally acceptable as past tense and past participle of light.
Both forms are also well established asadjectives: a lighted (or lit) candle.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
It's Lit
An old slang word made new again
What to Know
Lit has been used as slang for over a century,
but it used to be slang for "drunk."
Now, "lit" has taken on a new slang meaning
describing something that is "exciting or excellent."
If you watched the Olympics and were on Twitter, you likely know that comedian Leslie Jones was posting her own commentary.
The universal consensus: Leslie’s commentary was lit.
Lit' has been a slang term meaning "intoxicated" for over a century.
More recently, it has acquired the meaning "exciting,"
as well as a broader meaning along the lines of "excellent."
Older Slang Usage of Lit
The slang lit has a long history. Its earliest meaning is “intoxicated,” and that shows up in English as far back as the 1910s:
We walked into the vamp's house. We all got lit and had a hell of a time. —John McGavock Grider, War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator, 1918
This particular use of lit comes from the original use of lit
to refer to something that is illumined or has light shining on it
(from the past tense of the verb light).
It sounds like a semantic stretch, but it’s not:
lit and lit up are often used to refer to the look on someone’s face when they are suddenly made happy by something,
and there’s no denying that many people feel or look similarly happy when under the influence.
Though the “drunk” meaning of lit has a pedigree stretching back over a century, it is still considered slang:
it doesn’t have the same sort of all-purpose usethat drunk does,
and it still shows up generally in very informal settings,
like speech and rap lyrics.
In fact, the “intoxicated” sense of lit has had a resurgence of use among a new generation of youth thanks in no small part to rap.
New Meaning of Lit
Rap has also given us a new meaning of lit.
In the last ten or so years, lit has transitioned from being applied to the act of intoxicating ("gonna get lit") to the environment of those who are lit ("party's lit"). The wildness of such parties has led to lit gaining the meaning “exciting,” as well as a broader meaning along the lines of “excellent” (“Leslie Jones's commentary on the Olympics was lit"). We have evidence of the “exciting” and “excellent” meanings way back to2004, and earlier use is likely—slang is often spoken long before it’s written down. This extended meaning of lit is a favorite onsocial media like Twitter:
Unlike the earlier “intoxicated sense,”
this meaning is just starting to make the leap from personal messages to edited prose.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Lighted – lit
The past tense of light is lighted or lit.
Thus, it is correct to say. “Bill lighted a cigar”and “Bill lit a cigar.”
Take your choice; one is as standard as the other.
True, you are more likely to refer to a “lightedcigarette” than a “lit cigarette,”
But you are also more likely to say
“Bill lit the match” than “Bill lighted the match.”
Since light may also mean “to descend” or “to land,”
either lighted or lit may be used to refer to
all things that come down, whether planes, snow, or birds:
“The bird lighted (or lit) on the roof.”
