单词 | sunlamp |
释义 | > as lemmassunlamp sunlamp n. [originally after French lampe soleil (1880 or earlier)] (a) an electric lamp designed to emit light resembling natural sunlight, or to emit ultraviolet light (now usually for the purpose of suntanning) (also attributive); (b) a powerful lamp with a parabolic reflector which is used in film production (now rare); cf. sunlight n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > sun-lamp sunlamp1880 1880 Iron 1 Oct. 257/3 One of the authors stated that the paper was written before he became acquainted with the ‘sun-lamp’ of MM. Clère [sic] et Bureau. 1930 Sel. Gloss. Motion Picture Technician (Acad. Motion Pictures, Hollywood) 31/2 Sun Lamps, a large lamp (Sun Arc or Sun Spot) reflecting its light by means of a parabolic mirror. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 149/3 (advt.) It is these same beneficial ultra-violet rays that are approximated so closely in the new G-E Sunlamp. 1935 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers Mar. 202 The sunlamp manufacturers then agreed to classify the various lamps into 6 divisions. 1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. v. 141 You're getting so pale... You must have some sun-lamp treatment. 1986 R. H. Biggs & P. G. Webb in R. C. Worrest & M. M. Caldwell Stratospheric Ozone Reduction 304 The three levels of UV-B radiation enhancement plus a control, were obtained by using Westinghouse FS40 sunlamps suspended above the growing plants so that irradiances would simulate calculated levels for Gainesville, Florida. 2016 Independent (Nexis) 29 Mar. 44 So begins a riveting tale of a Friday night out in a northern town, the obligatory session under the sun lamp followed by drink, drugs, male banter and the quest for sex. < as lemmas |
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