2(put) daylight between yourself and somebodyinformal if you put daylight between yourself and someone else, you make the distance or difference between you larger 拉大自己与某人的差距
Now the team need to put some daylight between themselves and their rivals for the championship.
现在球队需要拉大自己和对手的差距以夺得冠军。
3scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebodyinformalFRIGHTENED to frighten someone a lot 吓得某人魂飞魄散
It scared the living daylights out of me when the flames shot out.
火焰喷射出来,吓得我魂飞魄散。
4.beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebodyinformalHIT to hit someone a lot and seriously hurt them 狠揍某人致重伤
5daylight robberyBritish EnglishBrE informal a situation in which something costs you a lot more than is reasonable 明目张胆地索取高价,光天化日之下敲竹杠
£2.50 for a cup of coffee? It’s daylight robbery!
一杯咖啡要2.5英镑?这简直是白日抢劫!
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daylight robbery• Mind, you wouldn't believe some of the prices they charge up West, talk about daylight robbery.
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daylight• He enjoyed the dance, and, returning with his Confederateescort, was safely landed in his own lines before daylight.• By daylight the fire was almost under control.• The robberies usually occur during daylight hours.• The park is open during daylight hours.• I'd like to look at the house again in daylight.• She was blind as an owl in daylight without glasses: therefore nothing to look at.• Taking a deepbreath, the youthstepped lightly into daylight.• Poinsettiaplants need a lot of daylight to keep healthy.• Noreen quickly took her from Jock and with her brothers beside her ran through the porch of the church into the daylight.• The daylightfaded and she was alone on the sea.• When daylight came she got up and dressed.
daylight hours• And during daylight hours Jean-Claude told me he used to sit concealed in the hollow in front of the cave.• For the entire month, families abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours in an act of sacrifice and purification.• Nor will the spider give away the presence of her home during daylight hours.• Montana will have no speedlimit during daylight hours.• If it is injured or sick it may sit quietly in an unusually visible position during daylight hours.• In the summer I do more daylight hours on the medical end.• He can do his gallivanting in the daylight hours with or without milkbottles.• Also the relative positions of the sun and moon through the daylight hours should be similarly mapped.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAYLIGHT | DAYLIGHT + VERB | DAYLIGHT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤broad, full光天化日◇He was robbed in broad daylight.他在光天化日之下被搶了。➤bright燦爛的陽光▸➤natural自然光◇I prefer to work in natural daylight.我喜歡在自然光線下工作。VERB + DAYLIGHT➤let in讓陽光進入◇The thin curtains let in the daylight.陽光透過薄薄的窗簾照了進來。➤keep out, shut out遮住/擋住日光◇The shutters were closed to keep out the daylight.百葉窗關着,遮住了陽光。➤emerge into出現在日光中◇The prisoners emerged blinking into the daylight.囚犯們瞇着眼睛走進明亮的日光中。DAYLIGHT + VERB➤filter through sth, flood in, penetrate (sth)日光透過⋯/瀉進/穿透(⋯)◇A little daylight was filtering through the curtains.一縷陽光透過窗簾照射進來。◇He drew back the curtains and the daylight flooded in.他拉開窗簾,陽光照了進來。◇The daylight penetrated to the far corners of the room.陽光透進房間,連遠處的角落都能照到。➤break, come破曉◇Around 6 a.m. daylight broke.將近早上 6 點的時候,天開始透亮。➤fade日光漸弱◇The evening turned cool as daylight faded.傍晚的天氣隨着日光漸弱轉涼了。DAYLIGHT + NOUN➤hours白天時間◇The public has access during daylight hours.日間公眾可以進入。PREPOSITION➤before daylight天亮以前◇She was up before daylight.天還沒亮她就起牀了。➤by daylight到天亮時◇By daylight the fire was almost under control.到天亮時,火勢基本被控制住了。➤in daylight在白天◇I can see better in daylight.白天我看得比較清楚。➤into the daylight進入陽光中◇She went back out into the daylight.她重又走回到陽光下。PHRASES➤the hours of daylight白天時間◇The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight.機器在白天隆隆地響個不停。