单词 | lighting-up time |
释义 | lighting-up timen. Rare in U.S. usage. 1. The time at which lights are turned on. Also: the period during which lights are turned on. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > time when street lights come on lighting-up time1834 1834 Sydney Herald 13 Nov. Shopkeepers should be on the alert for thieves about dusk in the evening, just before lighting-up time, as a number of depredations have been committed upon the tradespeople of Sydney at that period. 1849 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 24 Nov. 4/4 The directions are,—in lighting up time not to leave the engine house before light in the morning, and after dark in the evening. 1963 Times 20 May 3/3 M.C.C., going in with three-quarters of an hour left, lost Atkinson before the umpires decided it was lighting-up time. 2007 Canberra Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. A free concert will also take place around the [Christmas] tree from 7pm, with lighting up time at 8.30pm. 2. The time at which the lights on bicycles and vehicles are required by law to be switched on; the period during which the lights on vehicles must be switched on. ΚΠ 1880 London Bicycle Club Gaz. 10 Sept. 203/2 It was now lighting-up time, and the authorities here are very particular. 1904 Bunbury (W. Austral.) Herald 4 Jan. Sun rises, 5.17 a.m.; sets, 7.26... Lighting-up time, 7.26 p.m. 1935 H. G. Wells Things to Come iii. 23 It [sc. a newspaper] should show the customary insets beside the title of the weather forecast and the lighting-up time. 1947 Whitaker's Almanack 150/2 The legal importance of Sunrise and Sunset is that the Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927 defines Lighting-up Time for vehicles as being from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. 2019 Irish Independent (Nexis) 23 Jan. (Motors section) 2 If your vehicle is fitted with daytime running lights, remember to switch on your dipped headlights at lighting up time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1834 |
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