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moonlight是什么意思

moonlight

英 ['muːnlaɪt] 美 ['munlaɪt]

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.).

双语例句

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。

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。

3. Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.: 国有企业职工可以兼职。

4. The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata.: 这次行动的代号是“月光奏鸣曲”。

5. The castle was bathed in moonlight.: 城堡沐浴在月光里。