释义 |
dimmerdim‧mer /ˈdɪmə $ -ər/ (also ˈdimmer ˌswitch) noun [countable] - A simple way of upgrading switching is to fit dimmer switches, which alter the light level.
- As the light grows dimmer, the monuments feel even larger, more crowded around us, a city of the dead.
- Controls include dimmers for the main light sources, designed to cast no shadows, nomatterwhere the surgeon stands.
- Rather than the room having a dimmer, you have a dimmer.
- The range includes single and double switches, and dimmers, which are easy to install by replacing existing wall switches.
- Then a whole bank of dimmers on the switchboard unaccountably fused.
- Through the shimmer he saw the huge octopus eyes of the juggernaut grow dimmer.
► Electricalalternator, nounarc, nounblow, verbcapacitor, nouncathode, nouncell, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharger, nouncircuit, nouncircuit board, nouncircuit breaker, nouncircuitry, nouncoil, nouncondenser, nounconnection, nouncontact, nouncord, nouncordless, adjectivecurrent, nounDC, dimmer, noundirect current, noundischarge, verbdischarge, nounE, earth, nounearth, verbelectric, adjectiveelectrician, nounelectricity, nounelectrics, nounelectrode, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronics, nounfuel cell, nounfuse, verbfuse box, nounfused, adjectivegrid, nounlive, adjectivelive wire, nounmagic eye, nounmagneto, nounnegative, adjectiveneutral, adjectivenoise, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoutlet, nounphotoelectric, adjectivephotoelectric cell, nounpin, nounplug, nounpoint, nounpre-set, adjectiveprinted circuit, nounprogramme, nounprogramme, verbpulse, nounremote control, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounscan, verbscanner, nounshort, nounshort, verbshort circuit, nounshort-circuit, verbsocket, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonar, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nounterminal, nountime switch, nountoggle switch, nountorch, nountransformer, nountransistor, nounvacuum tube, nounvalve, nounW, wire, nounwiring, nounzapper, noun ► a dimmer switch (=a switch that can change the brightness of a light) an electric light switch that can change the brightness of the light |