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单词 sunlighting
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sunlightingn.

Brit. /ˈsʌnlʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsənˌlaɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sunlight n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < sunlight n. + -ing suffix1, in sense 2 after moonlighting n.
1. Illumination of a room, building, etc., by sunlight; the degree or strength of this.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > lighting buildings with
sunlighting1864
1864 London Reader 2 Apr. 669/3 Mr. Bogardus has lately constructed a camera room..where the correctness of the system of direct sunlighting is demonstrated.
1913 Mod. Hosp. Dec. 212/2 The dimension area per bed and sunlighting are adequate.
1977 Washington Post 10 Apr. b5/1 Maximum sunlighting and, therefore, heat capture are assured in the winter when the sun is low.
2005 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) Sept. 108 Further enhancing the sunlighting, a central east-west corridor, leading from a window, redirects rays into distant corners of the space.
2. colloquial. The practice of having a second job in addition to one's regular employment, which is undertaken during the day (rather than at night). Cf. moonlighting n. 3.Originally in explicit contrast with moonlighting, although the latter is now commonly used to refer to daytime jobs as well as night work.
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society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > other types of working
self-employment1834
sweating1843
homeworking1844
clock-watching1860
freelancing1879
guinea-pigging1887
outworking1918
sniping1951
sunlighting1961
temping1973
teleworking1981
hotelling1991
1961 Port Angeles (Washington) Evening News 26 Oct. 2/1 Now that a Labor Department survey has revealed that more persons who hold more than one job do their extra work in daylight hours than at night the term ‘moonlighting’ ought to be changed to ‘sunlighting’.
1978 Lancet 14 Jan. 89/2 Then follow 3–4 years of internship or residency training..with opportunities of moonlighting and sunlighting.
2009 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 28 Sept. a2 Working 12-hour night shifts left Nielson with time for some ‘sunlighting’ to supplement his income.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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