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单词 streetlight
释义

streetlight

[ street-lahyt ]
/ ˈstritˌlaɪt /

noun

a light, usually supported by a lamppost, for illuminating a street or road.

Origin of streetlight

First recorded in 1615–25; street + light1

Words nearby streetlight

street fighter, street food, street furniture, street hockey, street justice, streetlight, street luge, street ministry, street money, street name, streetology
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Example sentences from the Web for streetlight

  • But under the first streetlight he was stopped by a grimy boy.

    The Wealth of Echindul|Noel Miller Loomis
  • Oh, it may have been a trick of the streetlight there, it may have been my imagination.

    McIlvaine's Star|August Derleth

British Dictionary definitions for streetlight

streetlight

streetlamp

/ (ˈstriːtˌlaɪt) /

noun

a light, esp one carried on a lamppost, that illuminates a road, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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