| 释义 |
lamp
I. \ˈlamp, -aa(ə)-, -ai-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English lampe, lamp, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Greek, torch, lamp, from lampein to give light, shine; akin to Old Irish lassaim I flame, Old Prussian lopis, Hittite lap- to glow, be hot, Old Norse leiptr lightning
1.
a. : a light-giving device: as
(1) : a device with an oil reservoir and a wick that gives light as it burns
(2) : a glass bulb enclosing a filament that glows because of its resistance to electric current
(3) : any of various other devices that produce artificial light
< gas lamp >
< acetylene lamp >
< fluorescent lamp >
b. : a source of natural light (as the sun, the moon, or a star)
< the lamps of heaven >
c. : any of various devices for the application of heat: as
(1) : an apparatus for drying foundry molds during their fabrication
(2) : a therapeutic heat lamp
2. : a source of intellectual, moral, or spiritual illumination
< thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path — Ps 119:105 (Revised Standard Version) >
< wanted them to be lamps unto themselves — Emma Hawkridge >
3. : eye
< my wasting lamps — Shakespeare >
< turned her hot lamps on me — R.P.Warren >
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- of the lamp
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. archaic : to furnish with lamps
2. : to light or brighten by or as if by lamps
< scattered lights lamping the rush and roll of the abyss — Robert Browning >
3. slang : to look at : eye, see
< I've lamped two dicks — had their eve on us all day — Elmer Davis >
< for the love of Patrick Henry, lamp that! — Cosmopolitan >
intransitive verb
: to shine as or like a lamp
< the Spirit-Seven companioning God's throne they lamp before — Robert Browning >
III. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably of imitative origin
chiefly Scotland : to walk quickly taking long strides |