limelight

Word family nounliminessliminglimekilnlimelightlimepitlimestonelimewashlimewaterlimeadelimeylime greenlimeadjectivelimy

lime·light /ˈlaɪmlaɪt/ noun [singular, uncountableU]

FAMOUSa situation in which someone receives a lot of attention, especially from newspapers, television etc 公众〔尤指报纸、电视等〕关注的中心

in/out of the limelight

Tad loves being in the limelight.

塔德喜欢成为公众关注的焦点。

The president’s wife wanted to stay out of the limelight.

总统夫人想避免引人注目。

She’s afraid this new actor will steal the limelight from her.

她担心这位新演员会抢去她的风头。

his few moments of limelight in front of the cameras

他为数不多的几次成为镜头焦点的时刻

Examples from the Corpus

limelight• Nader is relishing the leverage and the limelight.• He gave the Bruins another scorer, more size, more rebounding, and the actor in him enjoyed the limelight.• The force is rightly stepping back from the limelight.• You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight!• The city a secure armed camp, Daley was enjoying himself and the glow of the limelight.• Otherwise, staff members can feel they are doing all the real work while the boss is usurping the limelight.• Do you feel a bit disappointed that they've come along and perhaps stolen your limelight?

in/out of the limelight• Locked out of the limelight, the trio hunkered down in a recording studio.• By 1974, Devlin was out of Parliament but not out of the limelight.

Origin limelight

(1800-1900) → LIME12 + light; because originally the light was produced by burning lime

单词	limelight
释义	limelight Word family nounliminessliminglimekilnlimelightlimepitlimestonelimewashlimewaterlimeadelimeylime greenlimeadjectivelimy lime·light /ˈlaɪmlaɪt/ noun [singular, uncountableU] FAMOUSa situation in which someone receives a lot of attention, especially from newspapers, television etc 公众〔尤指报纸、电视等〕关注的中心 in/out of the limelight Tad loves being in the limelight. 塔德喜欢成为公众关注的焦点。 The president’s wife wanted to stay out of the limelight. 总统夫人想避免引人注目。 She’s afraid this new actor will steal the limelight from her. 她担心这位新演员会抢去她的风头。 his few moments of limelight in front of the cameras 他为数不多的几次成为镜头焦点的时刻 Examples from the Corpus limelight• Nader is relishing the leverage and the limelight.• He gave the Bruins another scorer, more size, more rebounding, and the actor in him enjoyed the limelight.• The force is rightly stepping back from the limelight.• You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight!• The city a secure armed camp, Daley was enjoying himself and the glow of the limelight.• Otherwise, staff members can feel they are doing all the real work while the boss is usurping the limelight.• Do you feel a bit disappointed that they've come along and perhaps stolen your limelight? in/out of the limelight• Locked out of the limelight, the trio hunkered down in a recording studio.• By 1974, Devlin was out of Parliament but not out of the limelight. Origin limelight (1800-1900) → LIME12 + light; because originally the light was produced by burning lime
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