moonlight
英['mu?nla?t]
美['munla?t]
- adj. 月夜的；有月光的
- n. 月光
- v. 兼職，夜襲
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?moonlights;第三人稱單數(shù):?moonlights;過去式:?moonlighted;過去分詞:?moonlighted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?moonlighting;
中文詞源
moonlight 兼職，從事第二職業(yè)
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- moonlight (v.)
- "hold a second job, especially at night," 1957 (implied in moonlighting), from moonlighter (1954), from the notion of working by the light of the moon; see moonlight (n.). Related: Moonlighting. Earlier the word had been used to mean "commit crimes at night" (1882).
- moonlight (n.)
- "light of the moon," mid-14c., from moon (n.) + light (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. They started strolling down the dusty road in the moonlight.
- 在月光下他們開始沿著滿是塵土的路漫步。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
- 我們去了亞特蘭蒂斯神殿，在月光下游覽了一番。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.
- 國有企業(yè)職工可以兼職。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata.
- 這次行動的代號是“月光奏鳴曲”。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The castle was bathed in moonlight.
- 城堡沐浴在月光里。
來自《權威詞典》