单词 | eyelight |
释义 | > as lemmaseyelight eyelight n. (a) chiefly poetic the eye (or occasionally human vision), conceived of as shining like a light; cf. eye-lamp n. (now rare); (b) Photography and Cinematography a light used to capture the eye's reflective qualities and fill shadows round the eye. ΚΠ ?1593 G. Fletcher tr. Lucian in Licia 57 His frowning smyles are graced by his beard, His eye-light Sunne-like, shrowded is in one. 1658 T. Bancroft Heroical Lover viii. 84 That rare Lady,..Whose eye-light, breath, & virgin-blush, did show How starres do shine, Balme smells, & Roses glow. 1824 J. Bowring & H. S. Van Dyk Batavian Anthol. 59 The brightest of stars is but twilight Compared with that beautiful eye-light. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 378 Eyelight comes out to mingle with the daylight that comes in. 1946 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers Apr. 268 The use of a magenta or red gelatin on the eye-light assists in photographing subjects with eyes of this type. 1997 Amer. Photo May 31/1 The agency wanted a classic Hollywood look with hard lights creating dramatic shadows—l used a key light, a fill light, an eye light, and a hair light. < as lemmas |
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