| 释义 |
daylight
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from day + light
1. : the light of day as opposed to the darkness of night : the light of the sun plus the sky as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light; often : the diffused and reflected light of the sun and the sky as distinguished from sunlight and from artificial light
2. : daytime
3. : the time of daylight : daybreak
< arise before daylight >
4.
a. : knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure or of something that could not be foretold
< the professor's lecture threw some daylight on the problem >
b. : openness, publicity
< the new diplomacy … has to operate in daylight — Dag Hammarskjöld >
5. daylights plural
a. archaic : eyes
b. : innards
< walloped the daylights out of him — Dan Polier >
< brutishly whacking the daylights out of the ball — Frank Gibney >
also : wits
< scare the daylights out of you — E.A.McCourt >
6. : a clear or open space
< you could see daylight between the cracks >
especially : the maximum distance between the chase bed and the platen of a platen press
II. verb
(daylighted ; daylighted also daylit ; daylighting ; daylights)
transitive verb
: to provide or light up (as a classroom) with daylight
intransitive verb
: to supply daylight |