nightlight

夜灯

发音

US /ˈnaɪtˌlaɪt/

词形变化

nightlights 复数 nightlights

别名

night light

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, dim light or lamp left on overnight.

    夜灯

    小灯

    可数 不可数

    1988, Joseph Brodsky, "Gorbunov and Gorchakov" Canto 13 in In Urania, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 165, Your light cannot drive off the dark from me— / not any more than night-lights by the bed / drive off my dreams.

    He put a small nightlight in the bathroom to find his way around in the dark.

  2. 2.

    Light that shines at night, such as moonlight or starlight.

    不可数 可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

light light source

词源

From night + light.

来源：wiktionary