释义 |
daylight I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: Middle English, from day + light 1. : the light of day as opposed to the darkness of night : the light of the sun plus the sky as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light; often : the diffused and reflected light of the sun and the sky as distinguished from sunlight and from artificial light 2. : daytime 3. : the time of daylight : daybreak < arise before daylight > 4. a. : knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure or of something that could not be foretold < the professor's lecture threw some daylight on the problem > b. : openness, publicity < the new diplomacy … has to operate in daylight — Dag Hammarskjöld > 5. daylights plural a. archaic : eyes b. : innards < walloped the daylights out of him — Dan Polier > < brutishly whacking the daylights out of the ball — Frank Gibney > also : wits < scare the daylights out of you — E.A.McCourt > 6. : a clear or open space < you could see daylight between the cracks > especially : the maximum distance between the chase bed and the platen of a platen press II. verb (daylighted ; daylighted also daylit ; daylighting ; daylights) transitive verb : to provide or light up (as a classroom) with daylight intransitive verb : to supply daylight |