daylight
英 ['deɪlaɪt]
美 ['delaɪt]
英語の語源
- daylight (n.)
- c. 1300 (as two words from mid-12c., daies liht), from day + light (n.); its figurative sense of "clearly visible open space between two things" (1820) has been used in references to boats in a race, U.S. football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The (living) daylights that you beat out of someone were originally slang for "the eyes" (1752), extended figuratively to the vital senses.
例文
- 1. Officials say the operation will be carried out in full daylight .
- 役人たちは、行動は真昼に行われると言っている。
- 2.It was still daylight but all the cars had their headlights on.
- まだ真っ昼間だが、すべての車のヘッドライトが点灯している。
- 3.They 're just ripping the fans off ; it 's daylight robbery.
- 彼らはファンを搾取しているので、まるで大胆な強盗だ。
- 4.Thick chipboard across the window frames blocked out the daylight .
- 窓枠に取り付けられた厚いベニヤ板が昼間の光を遮っている。
- 5.A girl was attacked on a train in broad daylight .
- 白昼堂々、列車の中で女の子が襲われた。