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moonlight

(muːnlaɪt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense moonlights, present participle moonlighting, past tense, past participle moonlighted
1. uncountable noun
Moonlight is the light that comes from the moon at night.
They walked along the road in the moonlight.
We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
2. verb
If someone moonlights, they have a second job in addition to their main job, often without informing their main employers or the tax office.
...an engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver. [VERB + as]
Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight. [VERB]

moonlight in British English

(ˈmuːnˌlaɪt)
noun
1.  Also called: moonshine
light from the sun received on earth after reflection by the moon
2. (modifier)
illuminated by the moon
a moonlight walk
3.  short for moonlight flit
verbWord forms: -lights, -lighting or -lighted
4. (intransitive) informal
to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately
Derived forms
moonlighter (ˈmoonˌlighter)
noun

moonlight in American English

(ˈmunˌlaɪt)
noun
1. 
the light of the moon
adjective
2. 
of moonlight
3. 
lighted by the moon
4. 
done or occurring by moonlight, or at night
verb intransitive
5.  US
to engage in moonlighting
Derived forms
moonlighter (ˈmoonˌlighter)
noun

Examples of 'moonlight' in a sentence
moonlight

Work continued despite bright moonlight and the close proximity of the enemy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So it's another moonlight flit and new names all round for the young family in this enjoyable drama.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He couldn't see the beauty of the sunshine or the moonlight and the stars or the blossom in springtime.
Christianity Today (2000)
A study has shown how the huge animals organise their raids on crop plantations to coincide with nights when moonlight is at a minimum.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
People often used to do "moonlight flits' if they couldn't pay the rent.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
It is a beautiful moonlight night; and so mild that I must draw back from your great fire.
Jane Austen Emma (1815)
JUST now we have bright moonlight nights and sharp blue sunny days. Contrast that with the gloomy days of the previous three weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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In other languages
moonlight

British English: moonlight NOUN
Moonlight is the light that comes from the moon at night.
They walked along the road in the moonlight.
  • American English: moonlight
  • Brazilian Portuguese: luar
  • Chinese: 月光
  • European Spanish: luz de la luna
  • French: clair de lune
  • German: Mondschein
  • Italian: chiaro di luna
  • Japanese: 月光
  • Korean: 달빛
  • European Portuguese: luar
  • Latin American Spanish: luz de la luna
British English: moonlight VERB
If someone moonlights, they have a second job in addition to their main job, often without informing their main employers or the tax office.
...an engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver.
  • American English: moonlight
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ter dois empregos
  • Chinese: 兼差
  • European Spanish: estar pluriempleado
  • French: travailler au noir
  • German: schwarzarbeiten
  • Italian: fare un secondo lavoro in nero
  • Japanese: 副業をする
  • Korean: 부업을 하다
  • European Portuguese: ter dois empregos
  • Latin American Spanish: estar pluriempleado

Chinese translation of 'moonlight'

moonlight

(ˈmuːnlaɪt)

n (u)

  1. 月光 (yuèguāng)

vi

  1. (inf, = work) 兼职(職) (jiānzhí)
    in the moonlight 在月光下 (zài yuèguāng xià)
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