in the moonlight
in the moonlight 表示“在月光下”，是描写夜景时最常用的搭配。
The garden looked beautiful in the moonlight.
花园在月光下显得很美。
月光
月球反射的光,看似从月球发出。
月球反射的光,看似从月球发出。
The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
月光
the light of the Moon
The garden looked beautiful in the soft moonlight.
花园在柔和的月光下显得很美。
用法提示：moonlight 作名词，指月光，在句中作介词的宾语。
AI contextual example
We walked home by moonlight along the quiet river.
我们趁着月光沿安静的小河走回家。
用法提示：moonlight 是名词，表示月光，与 by 搭配作状语。
AI contextual example
The moonlight cast long shadows across the empty street.
月光在空旷的街道上投下长长的影子。
用法提示：moonlight 为不可数名词，本句作主语。
AI contextual example
in the moonlight 表示“在月光下”，是描写夜景时最常用的搭配。
The garden looked beautiful in the moonlight.
花园在月光下显得很美。
by moonlight 强调“借助月光”，常与表示行走、寻找、干活等的动词连用，前面不加冠词。
They walked home by moonlight.
他们借着月光走回家。
moonlight 作主语时，常与 shine、fall、stream 等动词搭配，说明月光照向何处。
The moonlight fell on the silent lake.
月光洒在寂静的湖面上。
moonlight 可直接放在名词前作定语，表示“月光的、有月光的”，如 a moonlight walk。
They took a moonlight walk along the beach.
他们在海滩上趁着月光散步。
grammar · medium
易错句子We sat in the garden and enjoyed a beautiful moonlight.
正确表达We sat in the garden and enjoyed the beautiful moonlight.
moonlight 表示“月光”时是不可数名词，不能与不定冠词 a/an 连用。汉语说“一片美丽的月光”时容易带上数量感，译成英语时却不能用 a；特指某处、某晚的月光用定冠词 the，泛指则用零冠词，如 Moonlight filled the room.
grammar · medium
易错句子The moonlight is round and bright tonight.
正确表达The moon is round and bright tonight.
汉语“月亮”与“月光”是两个词，英语里 moon 指月球本身，moonlight 只指它反射的光。round（圆的）、full（满的）描述的是月球的形状，只能接 moon；moonlight 只能被 bright、soft、pale 一类词修饰。
grammar · medium
易错句子We walked along the beach under the moonlight.
正确表达We walked along the beach in the moonlight.
英语固定用 in the moonlight 表示“在月光中／月光下”，介词是 in；汉语“在……下”容易直译成 under，但 under 只与 moon 搭配（under the moon），不与 moonlight 搭配。
在月光下
We walked along the beach in the moonlight.
我们在月光下沿着海滩散步。
借着月光
They found their way home by moonlight.
他们借着月光找到了回家的路。
沐浴在月光中
The whole valley was bathed in moonlight.
整个山谷沐浴在月光之中。
月下散步
They went for a moonlight walk along the river.
他们沿着河边进行了一次月下散步。
惨淡的月光
Pale moonlight fell across the empty garden.
惨淡的月光洒在空荡荡的花园里。
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