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

单词	spotlight
释义	spotlight I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: spot (I) + light 1. a. : a projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate brilliantly a single person or object or group on a stage while leaving the rest of the stage more or less unilluminated b. : conspicuous public notice or attention or a place, occasion, or set of circumstances receiving such notice or attention < held the political spotlight > < hated the spotlight > < their momentary place in the spotlight — J.D.Hart > < wants to get out of the spotlight — Reporter > < spotlight shifted westward last week — W.A.Howe > 2. a. (1) : a device resembling a small searchlight with an adjustable reflector and consisting typically of an incandescent or arc light in a housing designed to direct a narrow intense beam of light upon a chosen small area (as of a stage or a photographic subject) (2) : such a device mounted on an adjustable bracket (as at the side of the windshield of an automobile) so that it can be adjusted to light up objects ahead or to the side b. : something that illuminates as brilliantly and clearly as a spotlight < series of talks … throwing a spotlight round the world, illuminating continent after continent — London Calling > < throwing a spotlight into certain hitherto dark corners of union policy — Ethyl News > < succinct penetrating spotlights on the characters — Fanny Butcher > II. transitive verb 1. : to illuminate with or as if with a spotlight : direct a spotlight upon < dreading the moment when … she would be spotlighted, pinpointed, impaled, focused upon — A.R.Marcus > < have the whole ghastly process of disintegration spotlit — Gwyn Thomas > < a program which spotlights student musicians — D.R.Meltzer > < discoveries which have recently spotlighted this subject — R.W.Murray > 2. : jack 1
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