英语词汇“spotlight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

spotlightspotlight1 /ˈspɑtlaɪt/ ●○○ noun

COLLOCATIONS► in the spotlight

The announcement put Rogers in the spotlight (=receiving a lot of attention) again.

1a)[countable] a very powerful light whose beam can be directed at someone or something b)[countable usually singular] the round area of light made by this beam on the ground, stage, etc.: She stepped into the spotlight to make her speech.2the spotlight attention that someone receives in the newspapers, on television, etc.: The announcement put Rogers in the spotlight (=receiving a lot of attention) again.3shine/put/turn etc. a spotlight on something to direct attention to something: The disaster has thrown a spotlight on the nation’s poor.

noun | verb

spotlightspotlight2 verb (past tense and past participle spotlighted or spotlit) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

spotlight

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	spotlight
	he, she, it	spotlights
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	spotlighted, spotlit
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have spotlighted, spotlit, spoylit
	he, she, it	has spotlighted, spotlit, spoylit
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had spotlighted, spotlit, spoylit
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will spotlight
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have spotlighted, spotlit, spoylit

Continuous Form
Present	I	am spotlighting
	he, she, it	is spotlighting
	you, we, they	are spotlighting
Past	I, he, she, it	was spotlighting
	you, we, they	were spotlighting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been spotlighting
	he, she, it	has been spotlighting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been spotlighting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be spotlighting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been spotlighting

1to direct attention to someone or something: The article spotlights the growth of Islam in the U.S.2to shine a strong beam of light on something