Word
taillight
尾灯
taillight
- 1.
One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
安装在车辆后部的一对红灯之一,以便夜间从后方可见。
- 2.
lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
安装在机动车后部的灯(通常为红色)
安装在车辆后部的一对红灯之一,以便夜间从后方可见。；安装在机动车后部的灯(通常为红色)
In use
I need to replace the taillight on my car because it stopped working.
The taillights of the truck glowed red as it drove away in the rain.
Please check whether your taillight is broken before you drive at night.
a/the taillight
taillight 是可数名词，表示单个尾灯时用单数，并需加限定词。
A taillight is required on every motor vehicle.
每辆机动车都必须有尾灯。
taillights
车辆通常有两个尾灯，因此复数形式 taillights 很常用。
Check both taillights before driving at night.
夜间开车前检查两个尾灯。
the taillight(s) of [noun]
也可用所有格表达同一关系，如 the truck's taillight；of 结构更正式。
Connections
Collocations
- left taillight
- 左侧尾灯
- Your left taillight is flashing on and off.你的左侧尾灯一闪一闪的。
- taillight bulb
- 尾灯灯泡
- The taillight bulb burned out.尾灯灯泡烧坏了。
- taillight assembly
- 尾灯总成
- The car's right taillight assembly was damaged in the crash.汽车右侧的尾灯总成在事故中受损。
- have a taillight out
- 有一个尾灯不亮
- She didn't know she had a taillight out.她不知道自己有一个尾灯不亮。
- replace a taillight
- 更换尾灯
- It took him twenty minutes to replace the taillight.他花了二十分钟更换尾灯。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
tail（尾巴）+ light（灯），车尾的红色尾灯，像尾巴上的一盏灯。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：car maintenance、traffic safety、vehicle description taillight 是中性常用词，通常用于日常交谈以及车辆维修、驾驶安全等场景，口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words have the same final spelling 'ight' and the same final vowel-consonant sound /aɪt/, matching the '-light' part of 'taillight'. Beware lookalikes such as 'eight' /eɪt/ and 'weight' /weɪt/: they end in 'ight' but are pronounced with /eɪt/, not /aɪt/.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.