lights
pronunciation
How to pronounce lights in British English:
UK [laɪts]
How to pronounce lights in American English:
US [laɪts]
Word Origin
- lights (n.)
- "the lungs," c. 1200, literally "the light (in weight) organs," from light (adj.1); also see lung. Obsolete now except in phrases like to knock (someone's) lights out.
Example
- 1. Lights trigger adrenalin , which slows or stops labor .
- 2. Power stations rusted into ruin . The lights went out .
- 3. The living room mixes different types of low-level lights with natural light .
- 4. A typical teenager 's brain lights up when they see pictures of happy or sad faces
- 5. So clear because there weren 't any lights from the city .