Word · Frequency #8607
spotlights
聚光灯
spotlights is the plural of spotlight.
a lamp with a strong, focused beam, used to light a stage or a particular area
- 1.
A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
明亮的定向灯或灯,尤其用于照亮舞台上的焦点或中心。
- 2.
a focus of public attention
公众关注的焦点
- 3.
The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
聚光灯投射的光圈。
- 4.
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
产生强光束以照亮特定区域的灯；用于聚焦舞台表演者
- 5.
The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
关注的中心；亮点或最重要的部分。
- 6.
A showcase.
展示。
光圈；聚光灯的光圈；焦点；公众关注的中心；展示平台；展示机会；明亮的定向灯或灯,尤其用于照亮舞台上的焦点或中心。；公众关注的焦点
In use
The technician adjusted the spotlight before the singer walked onto the stage.
A single spotlight lit the dancer in the center of the dark theater.
The museum uses bright spotlights to show the details of each painting.
Connections
Collocations
- in the spotlight
- 成为关注焦点
- The young singer found herself in the spotlight after winning the competition.这位年轻歌手在赢得比赛后成为了关注焦点。
- put the spotlight on
- 使关注；聚焦于
- The documentary puts the spotlight on climate change issues.这部纪录片聚焦于气候变化问题。
- steal the spotlight
- 抢风头
- Her amazing performance stole the spotlight from the other contestants.她精彩的表演抢了其他选手的风头。
- under the spotlight
- 受到关注；在聚光灯下
- The company's practices came under the spotlight after the scandal.丑闻之后，该公司的做法受到了关注。
- spotlight effect
- 聚光灯效应
- The spotlight effect makes people think others are paying more attention to them than they actually are.聚光灯效应使人们认为别人对他们的关注比实际更多。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象舞台上的spot（点）和light（光）聚在一起，形成一道强烈的聚光灯，吸引所有人的注意，即'公众关注的中心'。
Context & Register
语域：m 常见场景：舞台照明、公共舆论 ‘spotlight’作为名词有两个主要含义：一是舞台上的聚光灯（具体物品），多用于剧院、演出等专业场合，属于中性偏正式；二是比喻公众关注的焦点（抽象概念），常见于媒体、社会议题讨论中，同样偏向正式。通常选择‘聚光灯’或‘关注焦点’翻译，具体取决于语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling chunk '-light' and rhyme with 'spotlight' (all ending in /laɪt/). Note that other words spelled with 'sp-' like 'spark' are not rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，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.