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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈspɒtˌlaɪt/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈspɑtˌlaɪt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈspɔtˌlɑɪt/
• ハイフネーション: spot‧light

名詞

spotlight (plural spotlights)

1. A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
2. (by extension) The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
3. (figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.

   Some people enjoy the spotlight.

4. A showcase.

上位語

• light

派生語

動詞

spotlight (third-person singular simple present spotlights, present participle spotlighting, simple past and past participle spotlighted or spotlit)

1. (transitive) To illuminate with a spotlight.

   We spotlight the star, but the supporting cast has all the great lines in this scene.

   • 1984 April 14, Michael Bronski, “Sophistication and Verve”, in Gay Community News, page 18:

     The first act of Me & Julie presents Mr. Short in a black tie at his piano, beneath a golden arched proscenium, spotlighted on an otherwise dark stage.

2. (transitive, figurative) To draw attention to.

   The news series served to spotlight corruption.

3. Synonym of jacklight (“to use a spotlight in hunting animals”).

上位語

• light

派生語

参照

• spotlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• toplights, lightpost, top lights, stoplight, stop light