| 单词 | lights-out time |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslights-out time c. lights out: a direction that lights must be extinguished at the end of the day (originally Military and conveyed by a bugle call, subsequently in other institutions, such as schools, prisons, etc., and in extended use); (also) the time at which this comes into force. Also as a modifier, as in lights-out time. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > specific signals dian1591 alvarado1598 retreat1600 reveille1633 preparative1635 leveta1640 charge1650 gathering1653 reveil1668 chamade1684 assembly1728 rouse1789 roll-call1793 dinner call1799 taps1824 recall1825 fall-in1834 last post1845 lights out1864 post1864 assemble1883 1864 Leader (Melbourne) 26 Mar. 14/3 Lights out will be sounded at ten minutes before ten. 1868 Queen's Regulations Army §845 Between tattoo and reveille no trumpet or bugle is to be sounded,..with the exception of the call ‘lights out’. 1905 Captain 13 42/2 It's off... We aren't allowed to talk after lights-out! 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 14 There would be no lights-out time, no check-up to ensure every man was in. 1965 G. Jackson Let. June in Soledad Brother (1971) 78 One of those tall ultrabright electrical fixtures used to illuminate the walls and surrounding area at night casts a direct beam of light in my cell at night... Consequently I have enough light, even after the usual twelve o'clock lights-out, to read or study by. 2012 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 25/6 It was surprising to realise how typical that fondly remembered bedtime ritual was: an early supper, followed by a warm bath, reading (or being read to) for half an hour before ‘lights out’ at 7.30pm. < as lemmas |
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