| 释义 |
ˈlaylight
[f. lay v.1 + light n. 5 b.]
A window or light made of glazed panels and set into a ceiling to provide natural or artificial light.
1932H. Robertson Mod. Archit. Design vi. 174 The architect is well advised to make a critical study..of lighting through ceiling lay-lights, before determining his layout. 1934Archit. Rev. LXXV. 31 The lay-light of the same type of glass is hung from the ceiling to provide day and artificial lighting. 1948R. O. Ackerley Introd. Sci. Artificial Lighting iii. iv. 99 Laylights designed to provide alternatively natural and artificial light through the same glazing, like most dual-purpose devices, are liable to perform both functions badly unless great care is taken in the design. 1951W. R. Stevens Princ. Lighting viii. 186 We find it difficult to provide high illumination..in interiors without discomfort glare unless we use very large sources, such as laylights or indirectly lighted ceilings. 1966M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design (1967) 260 Laylight, a glass or translucent panel set flush into a ceiling to admit natural or artificial light. |