limelight

英['laɪmlaɪt] 美['laɪmlaɪt]
  • n. 众人注目的中心；聚光灯；以灰光灯照射的舞台
  • v. 使受到注目
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 石灰光
    2. 众人注目的中心
    3. 石灰光灯
    4. 公众注意的中心
    5. 聚光灯
    6. 灰光灯
    7. 注意的中心
    8. 以灰光灯照射的舞台
    9. 众人注意的中心
    v. (动词)
    1. 把光集中于
    2. 使成注目的中心
    3. 使受到注目
    4. 使显露头角

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a focus of public attention;

    "he enjoyed being in the limelight"
    "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

  2. a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting

双语例句

1. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼现在一下子成了众人关注的中心，因为他有一份经常出镜、见报的工作。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight.
好了，伯特，别出风头。

来自柯林斯例句

3. to be in the limelight
成为公众注目的中心

来自《权威词典》

4. She accused her co - star of trying to hog the limelight.
她指责合演的明星企图抢占风头.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. She has long held the limelight in the dramatic world.
她长久以来在戏剧界受人注目.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. She claims she never sought the limelight.
      她说她从不爱出风头。
    2. When I was President, I was always in the limelight there was no privacy.
      我当总统时一直为公众瞩目,谈不上私人的生活。
    3. That politician has been in the limelight recently because of his strong opinions.
      那位政治家由于持激烈的观点，近来一直引人注目。
    4. He is likely to be thrusted into the national political limelight.
      他很有可能被推到国家政治斗争的聚光灯下。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. She is limelighted anywhere she goes.
      她走到哪里都受人注目。

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limerick lime limelight flap
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