daylight
US: /ˈdeɪˌɫaɪt/
UK: /dˈeɪlaɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
daylight /'deilait/- danh từ
- ánh nắng ban ngày; (nghĩa bóng) sự công khai
- in broad daylight: giữa ban ngày, thanh thiên bạch nhật; ai cũng biết, mọi người đều thấy
- lúc tảng sáng, bình minh, rạng đông
- before daylight: trước rạng đông
- (số nhiều) (từ lóng) mắt
- khoảng trống, khoảng cách giữa hai vật gì, như giữa hai con thuyền trong cuộc đua, giữa ngấn rượu với mép cốc...)
- no daylight: đổ thật đầy (rượu vào cốc)
- to show daylight: rách, hở nhiều chỗ (quần áo)
- to admit (knock, let, shoot) daylight into somebody
- (từ lóng) đâm ai; bắn ai
- to let daylight into something
- (thông tục) đưa cái gì ra công khai, công bố cái gì
- nhìn thấy tia hy vọng; tìm thấy con đường thoát khỏi bế tắc khó khăn
- ánh nắng ban ngày; (nghĩa bóng) sự công khai
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun[U] the light that comes from the sun during the day: They emerged from the church into the bright daylight. + The street looks very different in daylight. + They left before daylight (= before the sun had risen). + The bridge would be a prime target for enemy aircraft during daylight hours.
Idioms: daylight robbery (informal) the fact of sb charging too much money for sth: You wouldn't believe some of the prices they charge; it's daylight robbery.
more at BROAD adj.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 sunlight, sun, sunshine, light:
Coming from the cave, we were blinded by the daylight.
2 open, broad daylight, light of day, full view, full knowledge, clarity:
We must bring his treachery out into the daylight.
Collocation
ADJ.
broad, full
He was robbed in broad daylight.
| natural
I prefer to work in natural daylight.
VERB + DAYLIGHT
let in
The thin curtains let in the daylight.
| shut out
The shutters were closed to keep out the daylight.
| emerge into
The prisoners emerged, blinking, into daylight.
DAYLIGHT + VERB
filter through sth, flood in, penetrate sth
A little daylight was filtering through the curtains. He drew back the curtains and the daylight flooded in. The daylight penetrated to the far corners of the room.
| break
Towards 6 a.m. daylight broke.
| fade
The evening turned cool as daylight faded.
DAYLIGHT + NOUN
hours
The public has access during daylight hours.
PREP.
before ~
She was up before daylight.
| by ~
By daylight the fire was almost under control.
| in ~
I can see better in daylight.
| into the ~
She went back out into the daylight.
PHRASES
the hours of daylight
The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight.
Concise dictionary
daylights+the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
+light during the daytime
