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单词 searchlight
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Definition of searchlight in English:

searchlight

nounˈsəːtʃlʌɪtˈsərtʃˌlaɪt
  • A powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction.

    探照灯

    the lifeboat's searchlight picked out a survivor on the rocks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then without warning large searchlights lit up all around the base of the tower and pointed up.
    • During WWII searchlights were beamed continuously across Sydney Harbour as a deterrent to the Japanese.
    • Eighty-eight powerful searchlights are used, each with a 7,000-watt bulb.
    • They also move about unrestrained by razor wire, searchlights, locks or electric fences.
    • The contact boat was only two miles from Grafton, and a chase ensued, with the suspected smugglers being illuminated by powerful searchlights.

Definition of searchlight in US English:

searchlight

nounˈsərCHˌlītˈsərtʃˌlaɪt
  • A powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction.

    探照灯

    the lifeboat's searchlight picked out a survivor on the rocks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The contact boat was only two miles from Grafton, and a chase ensued, with the suspected smugglers being illuminated by powerful searchlights.
    • Then without warning large searchlights lit up all around the base of the tower and pointed up.
    • Eighty-eight powerful searchlights are used, each with a 7,000-watt bulb.
    • During WWII searchlights were beamed continuously across Sydney Harbour as a deterrent to the Japanese.
    • They also move about unrestrained by razor wire, searchlights, locks or electric fences.
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