moonlight
- 英式英标[\'munlaɪt]
- 美式音标[\'muːnlaɪt]
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.).
实用例句
- 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》