| 释义 |
roof light
Also roof-light, rooflight.
[roof n.]
1. a. A flashing warning light that projects upwards from the roof of a motor vehicle. b. A small interior light attached to the underside of the roof of a motor vehicle.
1958‘Castle’ & ‘Hailey’ Flight into Danger viii. 107 At the turn-off..a police cruiser stood..its roof-light blinking a constant warning. 1961Times 11 July 3/6 Coathooks, rooflights, clocks, and mirrors. 1970A. Ross Manchester Thing 58 The automatic roof light gave me a quick glimpse of two men, then the driver reached up to switch it off. 1977Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 17/1 An RAF helicopter crew..were guided up a valley in thick fog and darkness by the roof-light of a Land-Rover.
2. A panel in or on the roof of a building or vehicle made of a material which admits light.
1961Engineering 27 Oct. 552 A new series of rooflights have been designed. 1967Gloss. Caravan Terms (B.S.I.) 2 Rooflight, for the purpose of expressing rooflight dimensions for catalogues, the roof aperture through which light and air pass. 1978A. Fenton Island Blackhouse 18 All other windows..are fixed roof lights in the thickness of the thatch. |