| 单词 | light |
| 释义 | light3 /lait; lait/ n (opposite of dark' or darkness) (为 dark1 或 darkness 之相反字) 1 [U] (and with indef art and adj) that which makes things visible: (亦可与不定冠词及形容词连用) 光; 光线：the ~时 the sun/a lamp/the fire; 阳光 (灯光; 火光); read by the ~ of a candle; 借福; 就书; a bright/dim ~; 明亮 (矇职) 的光线; go for a walk by ‘moon ~; 月光下散步; bathed in 2” ~ . 接受日光浴; 晒太阳。 We need more ~. 我们需要更多的光线。 The ~ (ie day- ~〉 began to fail, It began to get dark. 天开始黑了。 in a good/bad ~, a so as to be seen well/ badly: 、在亮处 (在暗处)： The picture has been hung in a bad 那幅画被挂在光线不好的地方。 b (fig) so as to make a good/bad impression: (喻) 予人以良好 (不好) 的印象： Press reports always make him appear in a bad ~. 新闻报导总是使他予人不良的印象。 see the ~, (a) (liter or rhet) be born. (文学或修辞) 降生。 b be made public. 被公开。 c realize the truth of sth that one has been obstinate about. 认淸自己所固执的事情之真相。 ( d) undergo religious conversion. 改信某一宗敎。 be/stand in sb's ~, (a) obscure what he is looking at. 遮住某人的光线。 (b) (fig) hamper, hinder (sb's chances of success, progress). (喻) 妨碍某人成功，进步等的机会。 stand in one's own ~, (a) so as to obscure one's work, etc. 遮住自己的光线; 背光。 b (fig) act against one's own interests. (喻) 损害自己的利益; 使自己常损。 ' ~ year, (astron) unit of measurement for distances between stars; distance travelled by ~ in one year (about 6 million million miles). (天文) 光年; 光一年所行的距离 (约为 6,000,000,000,000 哩) 。 2 [C] source of ~; sth that gives ~, eg a candle or lamp: 光源; 发光物 (例如蜡烛或灯)： 'traffic ~s ; 交通灯;红绿灯; tnavi'gation 航行灯。匕 ~ s were burning in every room. 每个房间里都点着灯。 Turn/Switch the ~s on/off. 把灯打开 (关掉) 。 Put that ~ out! 把那灯熄掉！ All the ~s went out— there was a power failure. 所有的灯都熄了 —— 停电了。 [ ~s out, (bugle call signalling) the time when ~s are to be turned out. 熄灯时间; 熄灯号。 northern/southern ~s, caurora. 3 [C] flame; spark; sth used for producing a spark or flame: 火焰; 火花; 引火物： Can you give me a ~, please? eg for a cigarette or pipe. 请借个火好吗? (例如用以抽香烟或烟斗) 。 Note that fire is not used in this sense. 注意： fire 不可用作此义。 Strike a ~, make a ~ by striking a match. 擦火柴。 4 [U] expression of brightness or liveliness in a person's face (esp in the eyes), suggesting happiness or other emotion: 表示快乐等的面部光彩 (尤指眼睛发出者) i The ~ died out of her eyes, Her looks changed from happiness to sadness, from liveliness to lack of interest. 她眼中的光彩消失了 (她的表情由快乐转为悲伤, 由活泼转为冷淡) 。 the ~ of sb s countenance, (biblical) his favour, approval. (圣经) 恩惠; 宝许。 5 [U] knowledge or information that helps understanding; [C] fact or discovery that explains. 见解; 见识; 帮助说明的事实或发现。 come/ bring sth to ~, become/cause sth to be visible or known: 显露; 揭露： Much new evidence has come to ~ /has been brought to ~ in recent years. 近年来许多新证据已纷纷出现。 shed/throw ~ /(8) new ~ on sth, make sth clearer, provide new information: 帮助说明某事物; 供给新知识： These facts shed (a) new ~ on the matter. 这些事实帮助说明此事。 by the ~ of nature, without the help of revelation or teaching. 本能地; 自然而然地。 in the ~ of, with the help given by or gained from. 借助; 征诸; 按照; 根据。 6 [C] aspect; way in which sth appears: 观点; 外窜： I cannot view your conduct in a favourable ~, cannot approve of it. 我不能赞成你的行为。 I have never looked upon the matter in that ~. 我从未就该观点看此事。 In the ~ of the new evidence, it was decided to take the manufacturers to court. 根据新的证据， a lighthouse 决定向法院控吿那些制造商。 7 (pl) (natural or acquired) abilities; mental powers. (复)(先天或后天的) 重力; 智力。 to one's ~s, to the best of one's abilities. 尽个人之所能。 8 (C) famous person; person (to be) regarded as an example or model: 名人; 被视作模范的 None of the leading/shining ~s of our age. 我们这个时代的领导(显志)人物之一。 9 [C] window or opening in a wall or roof for the admission of ~ (esp in a roof): 进光的窗户; (尤指)天窗： a，sky ~; 关电; compartment of glass in the side or roof of a greenhouse or frame (used for ventilation), (ifi 室侧墙或屋顶上所开之) 通风玻璃窗。 leaded small pane or panel of glass, secured in strips of lead, often coloured, forming part of a larger window. 铅框小玻璃窗(常是彩色的，形成大窗户之一部分) o n also quarter- ~ at quarter(16). 10 [C] (painting) part of a picture shown as lighted up: (绘画)图昼的明亮部分： 'high ~s, the brightest parts; 最明亮的部分; ~ and shade. 明与暗。 11 (compounds) (复合季) house n tower or other tall structure containing beacon ~s for warning or guiding ships at sea. 灯塔， '~ship n ship moored or anchored and provided with beacon ~s for the same purpose .as those in a ~house. 灯船; 信号船。 |
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