Word · Frequency #14373
Fully loadedlimelight
公众关注的焦点
a focus of public attention
指受到公众关注的状态，不是字面意义的石灰光灯。
- 1.
The intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
通过在氧氢火焰中加热石灰产生的强烈白光
- 2.
a focus of public attention
公众关注的焦点
- 3.
A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.
一种曾用于剧院和音乐厅的舞台照明,通过使用白炽石灰产生明亮的光
- 4.
a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
由火焰照射石灰柱并聚光的灯
- 5.
Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame; spotlight.
关注、注意、明星或中心角色、当前的名声；聚光灯
通过在氧氢火焰中加热石灰产生的强烈白光；一种曾用于剧院和音乐厅的舞台照明,通过使用白炽石灰产生明亮的光；由火焰照射石灰柱并聚光的灯；关注、注意、明星或中心角色、当前的名声；聚光灯；石灰光
In use
The young singer loved being in the limelight after her first big concert.
She usually avoids the limelight and prefers to work quietly behind the scenes.
A short video put the small bakery in the limelight almost overnight.
he enjoyed being in the limelight
in the limelight
表示处于公众注意的中心。
She loves being in the limelight.
她喜欢成为众人瞩目的焦点。
steal the limelight
意为抢走注意力，成为焦点。
The new actor stole the limelight from the star.
那位新演员抢了明星的风头。
Connections
Collocations
- in the limelight
- 处于公众关注的焦点
- The young actor found himself in the limelight after his first film.这位年轻演员在出演第一部电影后成为了公众关注的焦点。
- steal the limelight
- 抢风头；成为瞩目的焦点
- The keynote speaker stole the limelight with her surprising announcement.主讲人用她出人意料的宣布抢尽了风头。
- avoid the limelight
- 避免引人注目；不愿抛头露面
- The novelist is famously shy and tries to avoid the limelight.这位小说家以害羞著称，总是尽量避免引人注目。
- love the limelight
- 喜欢出风头；喜爱成为焦点
- Some politicians love the limelight, but others find it exhausting.有些政客喜欢出风头，但另一些则觉得这很累人。
- share the limelight
- 与他人分享关注；共同成为焦点
- She was happy to share the limelight with her research team.她很乐意与研究团队分享这份关注。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 limelight 拆成 lime（石灰）+ light（光）：旧时舞台用石灰灯打出强光，被照到的人就是全场焦点，所以“站在石灰光下”= 成为公众注目的中心。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：media coverage、public life、entertainment 现代英语中，limelight 通常指“公众关注的焦点”，多用于媒体报道、政治或娱乐场合，常用搭配是 in the limelight。整体语气偏中性，正式与非正式文体中都较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ight 结尾，发音均为 /aɪt/，与 limelight 的 -light 部分押韵。注意 limelight 读作 /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/，重音在第一音节，但押韵的是第二音节。类似拼写的 lime /laɪm/ 只与第一音节同音，不与该词整体押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.