| 单词 | in the lime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the lime = limelight n. Frequently in plural. Also (in singular) attributive. in the lime (Australian): in the limelight. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights footlight1776 limelight1826 float1829 spotlight1875 ground-row1881 lime1892 baby spot1910 amber1913 spot1920 strip light1920 perch1933 follow spot1937 Mickey Mouse1937 pin spot1947 1892 J. Nie Robinson Crusoe 6 Here! Where's the limelight man? Of course, used up all his limes for Crusoe. 1895 B. Daly in Chevalier & Daly A. Chevalier ii. 248 The footlights are turned low, and the hissing noise behind explains that Sam Pennett, the carpenter, is getting his limes ready for use. 1931 Daily Express 22 Sept. 17/1 She..used to keep in her shop a working model of a theatre, complete to the last ‘lime’ and ‘float’. 1935 C. H. Ridge & F. S. Aldred Stage Lighting iii. 18/2 Producers will frequently ask for the ‘limes’ when they mean front-of-house arc lanterns. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 43 Lime, in the, in the limelight. 1958 B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties xiii. 177 There was one figure which the limes should have picked out. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1169/2 Lime, in the, popular; much publicised: Australian... I.e. ‘in the limelight’. 1966 Guardian 18 Feb. 10/5 At 16 he was a lime boy, looking after the lights. < as lemmas |
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