daylight
/ˈdeɪlaɪt/noun
mass noun
1
- the natural light of the day日光：
as modifier the daylight hours.白天时间。
1.1
- the first appearance of light in the morning; dawn天明, 晨曦; 破晓：
I returned at daylight.
我破晓时返回的。
1.2
- figurative visible distance between one person or thing and another〈喻〉空隙, 距离：
the growing daylight between himself and the leading jockey.
他自己与领先的骑师之间越来越大的差距。
2
daylights
used to emphasize the severity or thoroughness of an action［用于强调某一行动的严重性或彻底性］知觉, 神智：my father beat the living daylights out of them.
我父亲把他们打晕了。
短语
the living daylights out of
- do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity对（某人）严厉（或猛烈）地做某事：
he beat the living daylights out of them.
他把他们打得灵魂出窍。
ORIGIN: from daylights meaning 'eyes', hence 'any vital organ'.
see daylight
1
- gain public exposure or attention面世; 被曝光; 引起注意：
old photographs that rarely see daylight.
难得公之于世的老照片。
2
- begin to understand what was previously puzzling or unclear彻悟, 弄明白, 搞懂。