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moonlighting
moon·light M0411800 (mo͞on′līt′)n. The light reflected from the surface of the moon.intr.v. moon·light·ed, moon·light·ing, moon·lights Informal To work at another job, often at night, in addition to one's full-time job.
moon′light′er n.moonlighting (ˈmuːnˌlaɪtɪŋ) n1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) working at a secondary job2. (Historical Terms) (in 19th-century Ireland) the carrying out of cattle-maiming, murders, etc, during the night in protest against the land-tenure systemTranslationsmoon (muːn) noun1. the heavenly body that moves once round the earth in a month and reflects light from the sun. The moon was shining brightly; Spacemen landed on the moon. 月亮 月亮2. any of the similar bodies moving round the other planets. the moons of Jupiter. (太陽系其他行星的)衛星 卫星ˈmoonless adjective (of a night) dark and having no moonlight. 漆黑無月光的 无月光的ˈmoonbeam noun a beam of light reflected from the moon. 月光，月光的 月光ˈmoonlight noun, adjective (made with the help of) the light reflected by the moon. The sea looked silver in the moonlight; a moonlight raid. 月光（的） 月光（的） verb to work at a second job, often at night, in addition to one's regular job. He earns so little that he has to moonlight. (通常是晚上)兼差 从事第二职业moonlighting noun 兼差 兼职，第二职业 ˈmoonlit adjective lit by the moon. a moonlit hillside. 月光照耀的 月照的moon about/around to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love. 出神癡想(尤指戀愛時) 出神moonlighting
A popular term for working at a 2nd job after regular working hours—i.e., ‘by moonlight’moonlighting Physician income An Americanism, for working at a 2nd job after regular working hrs–ie, 'by moonlight'. See Libby Zion, Medical school debt, 405 Regulations. Moonlighting
MoonlightingThe act or practice of taking a second or third job in order to make extra money. Moonlighting may or may not be related to one's actual career. For example, one may wait tables at a restaurant in the evenings even though one's main job is teaching. Moonlighting may be temporary; for instance, one may use the extra money to pay for a trip and then leave the second job. |