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half-light

/haf-lahyt, hahf-/US // ˈhæfˌlaɪt, ˈhɑf- //

半光,半明半暗,半亮,半灯光

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : light that is about half its customary brightness, or that is partially dimmed or obscured: the half-light of early dawn; a room in half-light.

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  • Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

  • You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.

  • My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.

  • As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.

  • And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.

  • It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.

  • Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."

  • She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.