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单词 lighting-place
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lighting-placen.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪtɪŋpleɪs/, U.S. /ˈlaɪdɪŋˌpleɪs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lighting n.1, place n.1
Etymology: < lighting n.1 + place n.1
Now rare.
1. A place where something lands, settles, or stops.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > alighting > place for
lighting-place1565
landing-place1776
1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 38v An arrowe which is past the bowe of a cunning archer, can not be stayed by hand, before it haue his lighting place.
1718 W. Bond tr. T. Tasso 3rd Bk. Jerusalem 20 Those fair Eyes, which fiery Weapons dart, That find no lighting place except this Heart.
1850 Indiana Amer. (Brookville) 22 Nov. Its location is like the foot of a rainbow, or the lighting-place of the Jack-o-lantern.
1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1410/4 The ‘sweete wittie soule of Ouid’ found a temporary lighting-place in him [sc. Gower] before travelling on to the mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare.
2. A tree branch or other object that a swarm of honeybees alights on as a likely new nest site.
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1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie i. sig. A2v If..she [the queen-bee] dislike the weather, or lighting place, they quickly returne home againe.
1759 R. Brown Compl. Farmer 94 When your swarm hath made choice of a lighting-place.
1971 Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector 12 June 5/2 If a colony of bees enters the home and needs to be killed, a material called chlordane can be used on the outside wall and lighting place where the bees enter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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