英语单词

moonlight是什么意思

moonlight

英 ['muːnlaɪt] 美 ['munlaɪt]
  • adj. 月夜的;有月光的
  • n. 月光
  • v. 兼职,夜袭

中文词源


moonlight 兼职,从事第二职业

比喻用法。

英文词源


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.).

双语例句


1. They started strolling down the dusty road in the moonlight.
在月光下他们开始沿着满是尘土的路漫步。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
我们去了亚特兰蒂斯神殿,在月光下游览了一番。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.
国有企业职工可以兼职。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata.
这次行动的代号是“月光奏鸣曲”。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The castle was bathed in moonlight.
城堡沐浴在月光里。

来自《权威词典》

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