sun lightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from 古期英語 sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”)^[1], equivalent to sun +‎ light. Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/
• 韻: -ʌnlaɪt
• ハイフネーション: sun‧light

名詞

sunlight (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sunlights)

1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

   Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D.

2. (figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
3. Synonym of sunrise.

同意語

• (light from the sun): daylight, sun, sunshine
• (brightness): hope, optimism
• (sunrise): break of day, first light, sunup; see also Thesaurus:dawn

上位語

• light

派生語

• Port Sunlight
• sunlight is the best disinfectant

関連する語

• sunbeam

動詞

sunlight (三人称単数 現在形 sunlights, 現在分詞 sunlighting, 過去形および過去分詞形 sunlighted)

1. To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.

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