单词 | in broad daylight |
释义 | > as lemmasin broad daylight b. Designating the full light of day or the part of the day when it is fully light. Now usually in in broad daylight: during daylight hours; (hence) in full view of any onlookers (typically used when the action described is surprising given the conditions). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > broad daylight clearc1320 broad1393 daylighty1860 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 3164 Fulofte whanne it is brod day. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 4238 (MED) On þe morwe, at brode day liȝt, The fadir roose. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 201/2 Broode daye, grant jour. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 722 We do not light wax candels in ye brod day light. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety viii. 232 It [is] no longer seeking the shelter of night and darkness, but..appears in the broadest light. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. ii. 3 It will be no Excuse to an idle and untoward Servant, who would not attend his Business by Candle-light, to plead that he had not broad Sun-shine. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. iii. 211 A solitary Walk before it was broad Day-light. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. ii. 73 Awake thro' all the broad noon-day. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 149 It cannot be concealed..it will all out to the broad day. 1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) iii. xxiv. 125 The comet of 1843..was visible in broad daylight. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vi. 204 It was still broad day in our subarctic latitude [sc. in Caithness]. 1934 L. Charteris Boodle viii. 178 In broad daylight, there was no chance of further concealment. 2007 Independent 14 Aug. (Extra section) 7/6 They have been responsible for dozens of murders, many in broad daylight with no regard for public safety. < as lemmas |
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