| 单词 | shop light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshop light shop light n. †(a) frequently in figurative context: a window allowing (esp. dim) light to enter from the top of a room or building; (b) a light in a shop or workshop; spec. a fluorescent strip light. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > skylights, etc. lucarne1548 shop light1602 skylight?c1660 bullock's-eye1728 lunette1742 roof light1763 light well1826 abat-jour1838 light shaft1870 dead-light1882 laylight1932 1602 W. Burton Anat. Belial in 10 Serm. 189 It is..a false light, that (like a Drapers shop light) doth deceiue men with false colours. 1632 A. Townshend Albions Triumph 9 Is not your studdy backward? with a shop-light in it, where one can see nothing but the skye? 1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 121 They found none but Merchants shops, and those dark, having no other but False, which they called Shop lights, to set off their counterfeit Ware. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 542/2 You saw the lamps and shop lights almost as plainly reflected in the pavement as if they had fallen on a body of clear water. 1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 85/1 A ten-cent auto ash tray forms the body and reflector of this movable shop light. 1992 H. Mitchell One Man's Garden ii. 26 The solution..is fluorescent lights, the cheap kind that are called shop lights. < as lemmas |
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