英语词源
- daylight (n.)
- c. 1300 (as two words from mid-12c., daies liht), from day + light (n.); its figurative sense of "clearly visible open space between two things" (1820) has been used in references to boats in a race, U.S. football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The (living) daylights that you beat out of someone were originally slang for "the eyes" (1752), extended figuratively to the vital senses.
权威例句
- 1. Officials say the operation will be carried out in full daylight.
- 官员们说行动将在大白天进行。
- 2. It was still daylight but all the cars had their headlights on.
- 还是大白天，但所有汽车的前灯都亮起来了。
- 3. They're just ripping the fans off; it's daylight robbery.
- 他们这是在盘剥歌迷，简直是明目张胆的打劫。
- 4. Thick chipboard across the window frames blocked out the daylight.
- 装在窗框上的厚厚的胶合板挡住了白天的光线。
- 5. A girl was attacked on a train in broad daylight.
- 光天化日之下，一个女孩在火车上遭到了袭击。
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