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lights (n.)
[lights 词源字典]
"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
.
[lights etymology, lights origin, 英语词源]
[lights 词源字典]