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词汇 Day-Glo
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Definition of Day-Glo in English:

Day-Glo

(also dayglo)
noun ˈdeɪɡləʊˈdāɡlō
mass nountrademark
  • A fluorescent paint or other colouring.

    〈商标〉日辉牌荧光漆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This figure, too, is rendered in black silhouette on Day-Glo.
    • This kit includes a heavy-gauge lunchbox, six colors of Day-Glo paint that glow in black light, a brush, plastic stencils and an illustrated tips and facts guide.
    • We had to go back and cut out the Day-Glo, then reapply it in the places where it worked.
    • Fluorescent materials (like Day-Glo paint) only glow when excited by the ultraviolet light.
adjective ˈdeɪɡləʊˈdāɡlō
  • Very bright or fluorescent in colour.

    日辉牌荧光漆的;俗艳花哨的

    their clothing was marked with Day-Glo panels
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Where a patch of blue sky is not blue enough, Hutchinson fills it in with a Day-Glo yellow marker.
    • The Day-Glo cap he's loaned me is too big.
    • The Breeze-Man, decked out in some kind of bright orange Day-Glo sweatsuit, tells her to keep a good lookout.
    • Thousands of police officers in Day-Glo jackets filled the city center.
    • Have you still got that Day-Glo green Lycra dress?
    • The walls have all been painted brown, I notice, and the bedroom doors are coloured an acutely mind-expanding Day-Glo orange.

Origin

1950s: blend of day and glow.

Definition of Day-Glo in US English:

Day-Glo

nounˈdāɡlō
trademark
  • A fluorescent paint or other coloring.

    〈商标〉日辉牌荧光漆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This kit includes a heavy-gauge lunchbox, six colors of Day-Glo paint that glow in black light, a brush, plastic stencils and an illustrated tips and facts guide.
    • Fluorescent materials (like Day-Glo paint) only glow when excited by the ultraviolet light.
    • We had to go back and cut out the Day-Glo, then reapply it in the places where it worked.
    • This figure, too, is rendered in black silhouette on Day-Glo.
adjectiveˈdāɡlō
  • Of or denoting very bright or fluorescent coloring.

    日辉牌荧光漆的;俗艳花哨的

    wearing Day-Glo pink T-shirts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The walls have all been painted brown, I notice, and the bedroom doors are coloured an acutely mind-expanding Day-Glo orange.
    • The Day-Glo cap he's loaned me is too big.
    • Thousands of police officers in Day-Glo jackets filled the city center.
    • Have you still got that Day-Glo green Lycra dress?
    • The Breeze-Man, decked out in some kind of bright orange Day-Glo sweatsuit, tells her to keep a good lookout.
    • Where a patch of blue sky is not blue enough, Hutchinson fills it in with a Day-Glo yellow marker.

Origin

1950s: blend of day and glow.

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