| 单词 | lamp |
| 释义 | lamp —lampless, adj. /lamp/, n. 1. any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Cf. fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp. 2. a container for an inflammable liquid, as oil, which is burned at a wick as a means of illumination. 3. a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning. 4. any of various devices furnishing heat, ultraviolet, or other radiation: an infrared lamp. 5. a celestial body that gives off light, as the moon or a star. 6. a torch. 7. lamps, Slang. the eyes. 8. smell of the lamp, to give evidence of laborious study or effort: His dissertation smells of the lamp. v.t. 9. Slang. to look at; eye. [1150-1200; ME lampe < OF < LL lampada, for L lampas (s. lampad-) < Gk lampás lamp; akin to lámpe torch, lamp, lámpein to shine] |
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