英语词汇“lesser light”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lesser light n. a person of less eminence or importance.In later use, frequently with allusion to Genesis 1:16 ‘the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night’.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of less importance

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1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 37^v Bacchus wife ycrownde Doth farre surpasse the lesser lights [L. signa minora] that hir enuiron rounde.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles vii. 40 None that beheld him, but like lesser lights, Did vaile their Crownes to his supremacie.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 34 Pilgrimage, Concourse, procession with, to head the host, Cardinal Mirecourt, quenching lesser lights.

1893 G. Moore Mod. Painting 45 In the seventeenth century were Poussin and Claude; in the eighteenth Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, and many lesser lights.

1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xiii. 152 One of the lesser lights of the announcers' staff had his face slapped by a young lady.

2005 Women & Golf Jan. 8 The Ladies European Tour can be a tough place to earn a living—especially for the lesser lights.

单词	lesser light
释义	> as lemmas lesser light lesser light n. a person of less eminence or importance.In later use, frequently with allusion to Genesis 1:16 ‘the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of less importance lesser1543 lesser light1567 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 37^v Bacchus wife ycrownde Doth farre surpasse the lesser lights [L. signa minora] that hir enuiron rounde. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles vii. 40 None that beheld him, but like lesser lights, Did vaile their Crownes to his supremacie. View more context for this quotation 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 34 Pilgrimage, Concourse, procession with, to head the host, Cardinal Mirecourt, quenching lesser lights. 1893 G. Moore Mod. Painting 45 In the seventeenth century were Poussin and Claude; in the eighteenth Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, and many lesser lights. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xiii. 152 One of the lesser lights of the announcers' staff had his face slapped by a young lady. 2005 Women & Golf Jan. 8 The Ladies European Tour can be a tough place to earn a living—especially for the lesser lights. extracted from lesseradj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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