| 单词 | low beam |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow beam low beam n. chiefly North American and Australian the setting at which a vehicle's headlights are dipped; a beam from a headlight on this setting; cf. high beam n. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1925 Financial Times 15 Oct. 9/3 For driving in fog the advantage of a low beam through which the driver has not to look is considerable.] 1933 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. x. 11/6 A new type of multi-beam headlight, controlled by a three-way lever on the steering wheel..in addition to the usual high and low beams. 1986 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 27 Apr. Lights on high beam light up the roadway about 100 metres ahead in good conditions; on low beam this distance is lessened. 2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 Oct. d12 On country roads, switch on your low-beams when you come to a curve or the top of a hill so that you can see oncoming headlights. < as lemmas |
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