daylight

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n. 白昼, 日光 vt. 使沐浴于日光 vi. 享有日光

发音

UK /ˈdeɪlaɪt/
US /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
AU

词形变化

daylights 复数 daylights daylighted daylighting daylights 三单 daylit daylighting 现在分词 daylighted 过去式 daylighted 过去分词 daylit 过去式 daylit 过去分词

别名

day-light

教材释义与例句

名词

白天;日光;黎明;公开

the light produced by the sun during the day

The park is open to the public during daylight hours .

公园白天对公众开放。

If possible, it's better to work in natural daylight.

如果条件允许的话,最好在自然日光下工作。

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).

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    Meronym: sunbeams

    Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine

    In those days the entire factory was lit only by daylight and was closed at night.

  2. 2.

    A light source that simulates daylight.

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  3. 3.

    The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.

    日光

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  4. 4.

    The period of time between sunrise and sunset.

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    burning daylight

    wasting daylight

    We should get home while it's still daylight.

  5. 5.

    Daybreak.

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    We had only two hours to work before daylight.

  6. 6.

    Exposure to public scrutiny.

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    Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.

  7. 7.

    A clear, open space.

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    All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.

    He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.

    Finally, after weeks of work on the project, they could see daylight.

  8. 8.

    The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.

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    The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.

  9. 9.

    Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.

    嫌隙

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    We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.

  10. 10.

    Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.

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    There's not much daylight between saying that the universe is God and saying that God doesn't exist.

  11. 11.

    The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To expose to daylight

  2. 2.

    To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.

    建筑
  3. 3.

    To allow light in, as by opening drapes.

  4. 4.

    To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.

    工程
  5. 5.

    To gain exposure to the open.

    不及物

    The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.

  6. 6.

    To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime.

    不及物

    But I find that we have a large number of service wives who are daylighting. Some of them are not only working in the evening, but also during the day.

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).

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