单词 | light globe |
释义 | > as lemmaslight globe b. A light bulb. Also more fully light globe Brit. /ˈlʌɪt ɡləʊb/ , U.S. /ˈlaɪt ˌɡloʊb/ , Australian English /ˈlɑet ɡloʊb/ , South African English /ˈlaɪt ɡləʊb/ , West African English /ˈlait ˌɡlob/ . Now chiefly Australian, South African, and West African.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > parts of > light bulb bulb1796 electric bulb1856 electric light bulb1884 light bulb1885 globe1898 lamp-bulb1911 1898 Gleanings Bee Culture 1 Dec. 893/1 The one little globe made everything plain and distinct,..for it is 16 candle-power, and yet these globes cost now only 14 or 15 cents, and each one will run 1000 hours. 1899 ‘R. Devereux’ Side Lights S. Afr. 147 An endless stretch of sad grey fields, surrounded by high walls of barbed wire, topped by huge electric light globes. 1932 Argus (Melbourne) 9 Jan. 17/2 Sentenced to imprisonment for 14 days for having been in possession of an electric light globe which it was suspected had been stolen. 1971 A. Bamgboṣe in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 43 Globe, electric bulb. (We had no light because she broke the globe.) 1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1989) 342 He did not want to tear himself away from his vision, lightglobes flashing occasionally as gusts scattered the screen of leaves. 1998 J. Mau Sci. Austral. II. viii. 183 Build a circuit with two switches and an electric globe so that the globe lights when either one (or both) of the switches is closed. 2012 Mail & Guardian (S. Afr.) (Electronic ed.) 23 Nov. (heading) An offer of free LED globes is one way in which the power utility is trying to reduce consumption. < as lemmas |
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