| 单词 | light day |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight day b. Of the day, a part of the day, the sky, etc.: illuminated by the sun (or moon). Frequently with reference to the dawn, sometimes with non-referential it as subject, as in it got light, before it was light, etc. Formerly also in †light day: dawn, daylight (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > enlightenment > [adjective] lightOE lighty?a1425 lightened?1492 enlightened1578 illuminate1579 lightsome1587 illuminated1661 the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up > well lightOE light?a1200 well-lighted1596 well-lit1798 bright-lit1921 the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up lightc1300 lightedc1450 illuminate?a1475 circumfulseda1513 illustrate1526 in light1534 lighted1596 illightened1609 enlightened1640 unblown1647 luminated1652 illuminated1664 lit1783 alight1817 lit-up1835 littena1849 light-struck1923 OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. Introd. 26 Ðis ealond..leohte nihte on sumera hafað. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3190 Morpidus þe balde..com to þon duke al bi lihte dæie [c1300 Otho liþte of daie]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3609 Hit wes an ane time þat þe dæi wes liht. and þe sunne wes swiðe briht. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1930 And to morewen, what [perhaps read whan] hit is liȝt, Sire, þou sschalt haue þine wille. a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 23 (MED) Any cloude congelid of þe humours..maist þou ymagin wiþ coriouste of witte, for to bere before þin iȝen in þe liȝtest day of somer. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxv By and by commeth he with the letters, and delyuereth them: it was skarce lyght daye. 1611 Bible (King James) Micah ii. 1 When the morning is light, they practise it [sc. euill] . View more context for this quotation 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. ix. 189 The boy..got up before it was light on the following morning. 1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xxiv. 218 The nights were light, for the moon was shining in her third quarter. 1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xxvi. 195 They would send out a search plane as soon as it got light. 2012 M. T. Burton Devil's Odds xxii. 196 The sky grew light in the east, and the day began to dawn foggy and gray. < as lemmas |
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