lamp¹ /læmp/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr. I n. 1. 灯；油灯；照明用具；灯台 an electric lamp 电灯 a table lamp 台灯 a bedside lamp 床头灯 a drop lamp 吊灯 2. (理疗用的)发热灯；(发出热射线等的)照射器 an infrared lamp 红外线灯 3. 光；光明；智慧(或希望、知识等)的源泉 the lamp of learning 学识的源泉 4. 〈俚〉眼睛 She turned her hot lamps on me. 她把她激动的双眼转向我。 5. 〈诗〉发光的天体(如日、月、星辰等) 6. 〈美俚〉一瞥 Let's take a lamp at him. 让我们瞧他一下。 7. 〈古〉火把，火炬 II ❶ vt. 1. 照；照亮 Scattered lights lamped the highway. 零散的灯光照亮着公路。 2. 〈美俚〉看；看到；监视 She lamped me like she was seeing a tiger broke loose from the menagerie. 她以那种目光盯着我，好像看到一头挣脱兽栏的猛虎似的。 The coppers must have lamped them on the road. 警察一定在公路上就监视他们了。 ❷ vi. 1. 发亮 2. (在夜间)灯照捕猎 [< OFr lampe<L lampas<Gr<lampein to shine]
phr. smell of the lamp带有苦心雕琢熬夜写成的味道；带有勉强写成的痕迹；带有做作的痕迹 the Lamp of Heaven 〈诗〉月亮 the Lamp of Phoebus 〈诗〉太阳