sunlight
US: /ˈsənˌɫaɪt/
UK: /sˈʌnlaɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sunlight /'sʌnlait/- danh từ
- ánh sáng mặt trời
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun[U] the light from the sun: a ray / pool of sunlight + shafts of bright sunlight + The morning sunlight flooded into the room.
Collocation
ADJ.
blinding, bright, brilliant, harsh, hot, intense, scorching, strong, warm
He emerged from the tunnel into blinding sunlight.
| direct, full
plants that do not like direct sunlight
| pale, weak, wintry | dappled, golden
the dappled sunlight of the forest
| reflected | afternoon, morning, evening | autumn, spring, etc.
QUANT.
beam, ray, shaft | patch, pool
VERB + SUNLIGHT
block out
a dank backyard with a wall that blocked out the sunlight
| gleam in, glint in, shimmer in, sparkle in
The sea shimmered in the sunlight.
| be exposed to
Do not leave your skin exposed to sunlight for too long.
| blink in, squint in
They emerged from the cinema, blinking in the sunlight.
SUNLIGHT + VERB
come, fall, filter, flood, penetrate, pierce, pour, shine, slant, stream
Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door. in dark thickets where sunlight could not penetrate She threw back the shutters and the sunlight streamed in.
| dapple sth, gleam on/through sth, glimmer on sth, glint on sth, glitter on sth, reflect from/on sth, shimmer on sth, sparkle on sth
Sunlight dapples the grass around us. the sunlight sparkling on the water
PREP.
in the ~
waves sparkling in the sunlight
| into the ~
We came out into bright sunlight again.
Concise dictionary
noun+the rays of the sun
