| 单词 | bug light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbug light bug light n. North American any of various dim or makeshift lights; spec. (a) Nautical a light positioned at sea or on land, or displayed by a vessel, which serves as a beacon, warning, alert, or guide for ships; (b) a lantern or torch; = sense 14 (now rare); (c) an electric light bulb giving a yellow glow, used in outdoor lighting, as being less attractive to flying insects than a standard bulb. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > small bowet1440 bug light1835 bug1924 1835 O. Macy Hist. Nantucket vii. 123 The next [lighthouse] was a wooden lantern, with glass windows, which was hoisted between two spars... This was a dim light, hence it received the name of ‘bug light’. 1847 Sailor's Mag. & Naval Jrnl. 19 340/2 Daniel S. Hallet has placed a Bug Light on the bank at Hyannis harbor. 1873 Our Young Folks Sept. 542 The bug-lights were rigged out... A basket..made of hoop-iron, is filled with..inflammable material, lighted and suspended over the side. 1922 Boys' Life Sept. 1/2 I've bought a brand new bug-light just for hiking out at night. 1935 Motor Boating Jan. 53/2 A southwesterly course..will bring us abreast of Bens Point and thence WSW..to the red bug light of Long Beach Point. 1937 M. H. Jones Swords into Ploughshares iii. 29 Operating..with the lights so feeble that the nurses have to hold bug lights..so that I can see. 1968 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 Dec. 20/4 My husband has a tendency to underplay Christmas. He puts a yellow bug light in the porch socket and calls it decorating. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 June b5/5 Using yellow bug lights in electrical outdoor lights helps not because they repel, but because they don't attract mosquitoes like regular incandescent lights. < as lemmas |
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