单词 | lightbulb moment |
释义 | > as lemmaslightbulb moment lightbulb moment n. a moment of sudden realization, enlightenment, or inspiration.Originally alluding to the representation of an illuminated light bulb above a character's head in a cartoon or comic strip, indicating that the character has had an idea. ΚΠ 1974 D. Cavett in D. Cavett & C. Porterfield Cavett v. 145 It did strike me one day, like the light-bulb moment in a comic strip, that my magic act was the route to the top. 1986 18th Cent. 27 198 Sill discovers..illuminating, light-bulb moments in Defoe's creative imagination. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Oct. ii. 7/4 We had a light-bulb moment.., with this idea of going around the country and interviewing innocent people who had gotten off death row. 2013 Master Detective Apr. 8/2 For Detective Robert Luke, this was the lightbulb moment. Larry Hoagland was arrested. < as lemmas |
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