sunning
晒太阳,日照,日晒,阳光
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Definitions
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- : the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles, its diameter about 864,000 miles, and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 25 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- : the sun considered with reference to its position in the sky, its visibility, the season of the year, the time at which or the place where it is seen, etc.
- : a star, especially one that has planets and other celestial bodies revolving around it: Many other solar systems have multiple suns, while ours has just one.
- : sunshine; the heat and light from the sun: to be exposed to the sun.
- : a figure or representation of the sun, as a heraldic bearing usually surrounded with rays and marked with the features of a human face.
- : something likened to the sun in brightness, splendor, etc.
- : Chiefly Literary. clime; climate.glory; splendor.
- : sunrise or sunset: They traveled hard from sun to sun.
- : Archaic. a day.a year.
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sunned, sun·ning.
- : to expose to the sun's rays.
- : to warm, dry, etc., in the sunshine.
- : to put, bring, make, etc., by exposure to the sun.
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sunned, sun·ning.
- : to be exposed to the rays of the sun: to sun in the yard.
Phrases
- sun belt
- sunny side
- everything but the kitchen sink (under the sun)
- make hay while the sun shines
- nothing new under the sun
- place in the sun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Birthday photoshoots are nothing new, but when supermodel Ebonee Davis decided to celebrate her 28th trip around the sun, she made sure that hers was like none before.
Last summer, they did their first test flight–12 hours powered by the sun doing 600 kilometers.
If you want to have fun in the sun, in a thriving LGBTQ community, try Fort Lauderdale on for size.
Outer layers of the star blast outward in an explosion that can unleash more energy than will be released by the sun over its entire 10-billion-year lifetime.
The sun was blasting, the wind was shoving us side to side and filling up the soundscape.
He was, as the world now knows, sunning himself in France beside his topless wife and rubbing suncream into her lower back.
We circle a large pond, hoping to catch a python sunning itself along the bank.
It was eleven o'clock when he went out and joined the throng of people sunning themselves on the walk beside the lake.
These may be seen in groups of six or eight, sunning themselves on the slimy banks of the river or on the numerous sandbanks.
A while later I saw her sunning herself on the south side of the strawstack, where the mud could dry on her sides.
He generally appeared to be half asleep or else sunning himself with a contented smile on his thoughtful countenance.
Then she noticed that to-day the bulls were not sunning themselves lazily, although the sun was out.