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Daylight Day Broad Light N Uncount 不可数名词 People 英

英语单词 daylight
英美音标 英 ['deɪlaɪt] 美 ['deɪlaɪt]
中文释义 n.日光;白昼;黎明
英语例句 (1) I'd prefer to walk home in daylight.
(2) One of their big weaknesses is daylight.
(3) Daylight robberies were of frequent occurrence.
(4) A diurnal animal hunts its food during daylight.
(5) They saw gleams of daylight through the cracks.
(6) During the holy month of Ramadan, devout Muslims abstain from food, drink and smoking during daylight hours as an act of sacrifice.
中文例句 (1) 我比较喜欢在日光里步行回家。
(2) 他们其中一个大弱点是日光!
(3) 白昼行窃已司空见惯了。
(4) 白天活动的动物在白昼时猎食。
(5) 他们从缝隙中看到了黎明的曙光。
(6) 在回教神圣的斋戒月间,虔诚的回教徒为求牺牲,黎明到日落间禁止吃喝和吸烟。
vocabulary简明 The period of each day when the sun is shining is daylight. If you work as a lifeguard at the town pool, your job takes place during daylight.
vocabulary扩展 You can use daylight and daytime interchangeably, although daylight also means "daytime light" or "the light of the sun." If you lose electricity in your house for a few days, you might have to stick to reading when there's daylight. Many public parks are only open during daylight hours. If someone scares the living daylights out of you, they terrify you — this colloquial phrase comes from an old sense of the eyes being referred to as daylights.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]日光 Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
  • It was still daylight but all the cars had their headlights on...

    还是大白天,但所有汽车的前灯都亮起来了。

  • Lack of daylight can make people feel depressed.

    日晒不足会让人情绪低落。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]天明 Daylight is the time of day when it begins to get light.
  • Quinn returned shortly after daylight yesterday morning.

    昨天早上天刚亮奎因就回来了。

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[PHRASE 短语]在光天化日之下;在大白天 If you say that a crime is committed in broad daylight, you are expressing your surprise that it is done during the day when people can see it, rather than at night.
  [PHR after v]
  [emphasis]
  • A girl was attacked on a train in broad daylight...

    光天化日之下,一个女孩在火车上遭到了袭击。

  • The recent murder happened in broad daylight in a supposedly 'safe' part of London.

    最近的这起谋杀案是光天化日之下在伦敦一个据称“安全”的城区发生的。

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