单词 | sunbreak |
释义 | sunbreakn. 1. Sunrise. Cf. daybreak n.In quot. 1970 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun] aristc825 dawingc900 dayeOE day-rimOE day-redOE mornOE lightOE lightingOE dawning1297 day-rowa1300 grekinga1300 uprista1300 dayninga1325 uprisingc1330 sun arisingc1350 springc1380 springingc1380 day-springa1382 morrowingc1384 dayingc1400 daylighta1425 upspring1471 aurora1483 sky1515 orienta1522 breaking of the day1523 daybreak1530 day-peep1530 morrow dayc1530 peep of the morning1530 prick of the day?1533 morning1535 day-breaking1565 creek1567 sunup1572 breach of the day1579 break of day or morn1584 peep of day1587 uprise1594 dawna1616 day-dawn1616 peep of dawn1751 strike of day1790 skreigh1802 sunbreak1822 day-daw1823 screech1829 dayclean1835 sun dawn1835 first light1838 morning-red1843 piccaninny sun1846 piccaninny daylightc1860 gloaming1873 glooming1877 sparrow-fart1886 crack1887 sun-spring1900 piccaninny dawn1936 the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > light of dawn sunrisingc1275 sun arisingc1350 sunrise1440 twilightc1440 sunbreak1822 gloaming1873 1822 London Lit. Gaz. 16 Feb. 96/1 At sun break next morning the latter meets her father and makes a confession of her faith. 1881 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (trade ed.) Pref. 9 The sunbreak upon the stainless peaks. 1970 N. Amer. Rev. Summer 9/1 Sunbreak. Dawn. Sudden illumination, late at night. I do begin to see. 2006 C. Beech et al. Chile & Easter Island (Lonely Planet) (ed. 7) It's toe-numbingly cold at sunbreak. 2. A burst or short spell of sunshine; the light afforded by this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > burst or spell of sunshine1590 sun blast1622 summer-blenk1637 summer blink1641 sunburst?1815 sunbreak1826 sun flash1834 1826 N. T. Carrington Dartmoor 75 O Plym, beloved, to thee I owe the few bright sun-breaks, that have cheer'd My toilsome pilgrimage. 1896 Afro-American (Baltimore) 15 Feb. 1/4 Just sufficient sun-break through the gloom to permit the ground hog to see his shadow. 2012 K. Grind Lost Bank 3 Occasionally, bits of sunlight poked through the clouds... In Seattle, local weathermen called this phenomenon a ‘sunbreak’. 3. Something, as a screen, a row of trees, etc., that provides protection from the sun; (in later use) spec. = brise-soleil n. Cf. wind-break n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > that which > specific sunshade1741 sunbreak1891 occulter1902 shutter1910 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > shutter fall window1422 lock1440 window?c1500 lid1535 winnock-bred1546 window lid1591 counter-window1600 shut1611 shuttle1614 window-broad1628 window-shut1649 window shutter1665 window board1683 shutter1720 fallboard1742 jalousie1766 storm shutter1834 rain door1867 amado1873 sunbreak1891 brise-soleil1944 1891 Trans. Iowa State Hort. Soc. 1890 25 191 A sunbreak of an acre or more was planted in the central part of my farm. 1947 Archit. Rev. 102 148/1 Covering one-third of it is a key pattern of loggia-like sun-breaks, the scale of which is exactly double that of the rest of the elevation. 1969 J. Elliot Duel iii. iv. 275 The other creatures on the beach..sat under sun-breaks, walked in and out of the water, tinkered with boats. 2010 N.Y. Mag. 19 Apr. 72/1 Tidy houses.., white PVC sunbreaks decorating every roof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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