daylight

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day·light /ˈdeɪlaɪt/ noun

1 LIGHT[uncountableU] the light produced by the sun during the day 日光

in daylight

They’re shy animals and don’t often come out in daylight.

它们是胆小的动物，白天不常出来。

The park is open to the public during daylight hours.

公园白天对公众开放。

If possible, it’s better to work in natural daylight.

如果条件允许的话，最好在自然日光下工作。

→ in broad daylight at broad1(7)

2 (put) daylight between yourself and somebody informal 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。

3 scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody informalFRIGHTENED 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 somebody informalHIT to hit someone a lot and seriously hurt them 狠揍某人致重伤

5 daylight robbery British 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 Confederate escort, 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 deep breath, the youth stepped lightly into daylight.• Poinsettia plants 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 daylight faded 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 speed limit 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 milk bottles.• Also the relative positions of the sun and moon through the daylight hours should be similarly mapped.

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