单词 | road light |
释义 | > as lemmasroad light road light n. (a) a light which illuminates a road, a street lamp; (b) a light on a vehicle which illuminates the road ahead.Earliest in figurative use. Π 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xix. 220 Those sweet eyes that were the road-lights of her tongue. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 71 As road lights are not, it is very dangerous to drive unless with good lamps. 1904 Rake (Iowa) Reg. 6 May 2/1 She drew it out..and as best she could, by the pale road-light in the distance, glimpsed..the words written inside. 2002 R. G. Mitchell Dancing at Armageddon v. 178 Three clamber up into the cab of a ten-year-old flatbed Ford dualie, road lights mounted on top. < as lemmas |
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