(of food or drink 食物或饮料 containing fewer calories than other versions of the same type of food, and therefore less likely to make you fat (a way of spelling ‘light’) 低热量的，清淡的（light 的一种拼写方法） lite ice cream 低热量冰淇淋
(used after a noun 用于名词后 used to say that a thing is similar to something else but lacks many of its serious or important qualities 类似…的劣质品
Word Origin1950s: a deliberate respelling of light.