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noun lamplæmp 1A device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or oil and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade. 灯 台灯。 Example sentencesExamples - He cooks by heating pans over a coal fire, while dozens of candles and a paraffin lamp provide him with light.
- There were beads hanging in all the doorways and coloured light bulbs in all the lamps and sockets.
- Ghost switched her lamp off and they both went to sleep.
- There is also a variety of gas lights and lamps, which are especially good to have at home during the storm season when blackouts can occur anytime.
- Neon lights decorated official buildings and literally hundreds of oil-lit earthen lamps covered balconies and ramparts, stairs and yards of homes.
- I switched on my bedside lamp and looked at the alarm clock.
- You may want spotlights, mood lighting from lamps or feature lighting for your dining table and sofa.
- The color balance will be natural in the areas lit by daylight but have a warm glow in areas lit by the lamp and candles.
- You should also consider compact fluorescent lamps for areas where lights are on for hours at a time.
- A guard came in, lighting the candles and lamps on the table, then the torches on the walls.
- Yawning, I pad over to my desk and switch on the lamp.
- Now they were in a small corridor, dimly lit by burning lamps.
- Attendants scurried about the room lighting lamps and candles.
- Several years ago I found a store just three miles away that sold only lamps and lamp shades.
- Without heating or electricity, they cook on butane stoves, warm themselves with paraffin heaters and use candles and lamps for lighting.
- The living room was just as I remembered it, with a single lamp covered with a stained glass shade illuminating the entire room.
- There were no street lights in those days, merely gas lamps which were lit manually sometimes well after darkness had fallen.
- His father turned on a small lamp with a rose-colored shade, which cast a dull light across a wide bed, spread with a plum satin coverlet.
- As it gets dark, behind the windows partly blocked by sandbags, they light a paraffin lamp.
- The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
- 1.1 An electrical device producing ultraviolet, infrared, or other radiation, used for therapeutic purposes.
理疗用灯(包括紫外灯、红外灯及其他辐射灯),照射仪 Example sentencesExamples - Simply sitting in front of a lamp in your living room at home won't relieve symptoms of seasonal affective disorder.
- Light therapy, with ultraviolet A or B, is available at specialist hospital clinics or with lamps that can be used at home.
- Sun lamps produce high levels of Ultraviolet B radiation and the operator should be shielded from the light as much as possible.
- Those who had used tanning lamps were also 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma than those who had not used sun lamps, the research found.
- Jade massage heads apply pressure to acupressure points near the spine, while infrared lamps provide topical heating.
- They can be effectively taken out under minor surgery and a new, non - scarring treatment called the Paterson Photo Dynamic Therapy lamp is also available.
- Heat treatment, using an infra-red lamp is an option.
- We know that therapeutic heat may be applied to the body by various methods, e.g., the heating pad or the infrared lamp, but one of the most efficacious ways is by water.
- Haircolor experts will often use moist heat or infra-red lamps to speed up the bleaching process and minimize the potential bleach damage.
- 1.2literary A source of spiritual or intellectual inspiration.
〈诗/文〉灵感的源泉 he set out to rescue the lamp of American literature from the cave of the Philistines Example sentencesExamples - Whoever despaired of the world, he, at least, kept the lamp of hope burning brightly in his soul.
- The lamp of experience ordinarily guides our footsteps, but this year the lamp is dim.
- They established universities in Granada and Cordova in Spain and lit the lamp of enlightenment in a Europe immersed in darkness.
- The poet lights a lamp to the source of all light.
verb lamp 1with object Supply with lamps; illuminate. 照明,照亮 inspectors can lamp the lines between the manholes for routine maintenance observations 检查员能够照亮检修孔之间的线路进行日常维修观察。 Example sentencesExamples - Lampstore.com is the world's easiest way to lamp your home.
- 1.1literary no object Shine.
〈诗/文〉发光 an evil fire out of their eyes came lamping 他们眼里发出邪恶的火光。
2often as noun lampingno object Hunt at night using lamps, especially for rabbits. 灯下捕猎(尤指捕兔) my best dog was in his prime and I was lamping every chance I got Example sentencesExamples - In my own area foxes are ‘protected’ because the numbers are declining following lamping, the shooting of animals which are blinded by a spotlight.
- One blow to the head and they are finished: a kinder end, on the whole, than lamping and one that produces lead-free rabbit stew.
- She was standing like a lamped rabbit in the middle of the stage and no matter how many times I prodded and poked and pretended to fight, she didn't rise to it.
- Hedgehogs are caught by night lamping and using traps.
- He was left brain damaged after being accidentally hit by the pellet from an air rifle fired by a friend while they were out lamping.
- If the farmer were to go out lamping (shooting foxes at night with a rifle and very powerful torch), he has no idea which fox is responsible for his missing livestock, so he will shoot every fox he sees. 4-5 a night perhaps.
- Kent has more dogs stolen for rewards, breeding, coursing and lamping, illegal night hunting with high powered torches, than anywhere else in the country.
Derivativesnoun Even when there is no strict livery, the pressure towards a uniform is felt in every country sport, right down to the flak jacket, army boots and peaked cap of the lamper. Example sentencesExamples - Detectives investigating the shooting of a Yorkshire schoolboy aged 12 in an area popular with night-time hunters known as ‘lampers’ have arrested and bailed four men.
- Like grouse shooters, fox hunters, lampers, hare coursers, badger baiters and of course meat eaters, anglers do what they do simply because they enjoy doing it.
- Police are working on the theory the boy was accidentally shot by ‘lampers’ - night-time hunters who pursue animals with guns and bright lights.
- A second schoolboy lay fighting for his life last night after apparently being shot by ‘lampers’.
adjective Later, I found myself, down at 30m in the gloom, navigating by means of a small back-up torch, and dragging around a very frightened, lampless buddy, who would not ease his tight grip on my arm. Example sentencesExamples - After the meal, the boys slug back a last tin of water and scatter into the warm, lampless dark.
- Lampless, they climbed a ladder into the dusty hay-rick, and nestled in a corner under the eaves.
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- 'torch', from Greek. Rhymesamp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, encamp, gamp, ramp, samp, scamp, stamp, tamp, tramp, vamp verb lamplæmp [with object]Northern English Hit or beat (someone) 〈主北英〉击,打 he was plastered all over the tabloids for lamping his ex-wife's boyfriend Example sentencesExamples - My hat really went off to him when he lamped someone who threw an egg at him.
- That said, a teensy bit more stress and I would have happily tried to lamp him at his request.
- Tyler made a remark about Nunez not understanding the significance of having just lamped an Evertonian, and it seemed to sum up the whole evening.
- I've ruled out curiosity value; being lamped by a display window may not be the way I would choose to go, but at least it would have been theatrical.
- Normally that guy would have been lamped, but while it is easy to joke, it's not nice for Aberdeen.
- So I picked up the Sunday Tribune TV guide and lamped him with it.
- He looked like he was going to lamp Owen when he had that guitar out.
- Her face looks like somebody lamped her with a shovel.
- Charlotte's apparently lamped her ex for selling her sex secrets.
- I've always wondered what it would be like to lamp a Mason.
- If anyone straight uses it, with the abusive meaning or the inclusive one, I just want to lamp them.
- Out of nowhere Bruce lamps O'Leary with an iron bar and the big Irishman stands there stunned.
- I can go out and enjoy myself without getting lamped.
- Incidentely, in an episode of my anger turning outwards I almost lamped a youth in a shop today.
- Doncaster played the second half a man down after Ross had lamped Cain, but their opponents could well have romped to victory with or without that advantage.
- As far as I was concerned, the whole affair was quite satisfactory: it wasn't me that had been lamped, our bloke got up anyway, and we went on to win easily.
- But if it's the Deputy Prime Minister lamping someone in broad daylight it's all treated like it was a cartoon.
- The man just got out of the car, casually took his coat off, threw it into the car, calmly walked around to the car in front and lamped the driver.
OriginEarly 19th century: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to lam1. nounlamplæmp 1A device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or a liquid fuel and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade. 灯 台灯。 Example sentencesExamples - I switched on my bedside lamp and looked at the alarm clock.
- There were beads hanging in all the doorways and coloured light bulbs in all the lamps and sockets.
- As it gets dark, behind the windows partly blocked by sandbags, they light a paraffin lamp.
- You may want spotlights, mood lighting from lamps or feature lighting for your dining table and sofa.
- The color balance will be natural in the areas lit by daylight but have a warm glow in areas lit by the lamp and candles.
- There is also a variety of gas lights and lamps, which are especially good to have at home during the storm season when blackouts can occur anytime.
- A guard came in, lighting the candles and lamps on the table, then the torches on the walls.
- The living room was just as I remembered it, with a single lamp covered with a stained glass shade illuminating the entire room.
- Neon lights decorated official buildings and literally hundreds of oil-lit earthen lamps covered balconies and ramparts, stairs and yards of homes.
- Several years ago I found a store just three miles away that sold only lamps and lamp shades.
- Ghost switched her lamp off and they both went to sleep.
- Attendants scurried about the room lighting lamps and candles.
- Now they were in a small corridor, dimly lit by burning lamps.
- His father turned on a small lamp with a rose-colored shade, which cast a dull light across a wide bed, spread with a plum satin coverlet.
- Yawning, I pad over to my desk and switch on the lamp.
- Without heating or electricity, they cook on butane stoves, warm themselves with paraffin heaters and use candles and lamps for lighting.
- The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
- He cooks by heating pans over a coal fire, while dozens of candles and a paraffin lamp provide him with light.
- You should also consider compact fluorescent lamps for areas where lights are on for hours at a time.
- There were no street lights in those days, merely gas lamps which were lit manually sometimes well after darkness had fallen.
- 1.1 An electrical device producing ultraviolet, infrared, or other radiation, used for therapeutic purposes.
理疗用灯(包括紫外灯、红外灯及其他辐射灯),照射仪 Example sentencesExamples - Those who had used tanning lamps were also 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma than those who had not used sun lamps, the research found.
- Light therapy, with ultraviolet A or B, is available at specialist hospital clinics or with lamps that can be used at home.
- They can be effectively taken out under minor surgery and a new, non - scarring treatment called the Paterson Photo Dynamic Therapy lamp is also available.
- Haircolor experts will often use moist heat or infra-red lamps to speed up the bleaching process and minimize the potential bleach damage.
- Heat treatment, using an infra-red lamp is an option.
- Sun lamps produce high levels of Ultraviolet B radiation and the operator should be shielded from the light as much as possible.
- We know that therapeutic heat may be applied to the body by various methods, e.g., the heating pad or the infrared lamp, but one of the most efficacious ways is by water.
- Simply sitting in front of a lamp in your living room at home won't relieve symptoms of seasonal affective disorder.
- Jade massage heads apply pressure to acupressure points near the spine, while infrared lamps provide topical heating.
- 1.2literary A source of spiritual or intellectual inspiration.
〈诗/文〉灵感的源泉 Example sentencesExamples - The lamp of experience ordinarily guides our footsteps, but this year the lamp is dim.
- They established universities in Granada and Cordova in Spain and lit the lamp of enlightenment in a Europe immersed in darkness.
- Whoever despaired of the world, he, at least, kept the lamp of hope burning brightly in his soul.
- The poet lights a lamp to the source of all light.
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- ‘torch’, from Greek. verblæmplamp [with object]Northern English Hit or beat (someone) 〈主北英〉击,打 he was plastered all over the tabloids for lamping his ex-wife's boyfriend Example sentencesExamples - Normally that guy would have been lamped, but while it is easy to joke, it's not nice for Aberdeen.
- As far as I was concerned, the whole affair was quite satisfactory: it wasn't me that had been lamped, our bloke got up anyway, and we went on to win easily.
- I can go out and enjoy myself without getting lamped.
- That said, a teensy bit more stress and I would have happily tried to lamp him at his request.
- But if it's the Deputy Prime Minister lamping someone in broad daylight it's all treated like it was a cartoon.
- If anyone straight uses it, with the abusive meaning or the inclusive one, I just want to lamp them.
- The man just got out of the car, casually took his coat off, threw it into the car, calmly walked around to the car in front and lamped the driver.
- Out of nowhere Bruce lamps O'Leary with an iron bar and the big Irishman stands there stunned.
- Incidentely, in an episode of my anger turning outwards I almost lamped a youth in a shop today.
- My hat really went off to him when he lamped someone who threw an egg at him.
- Her face looks like somebody lamped her with a shovel.
- I've always wondered what it would be like to lamp a Mason.
- Doncaster played the second half a man down after Ross had lamped Cain, but their opponents could well have romped to victory with or without that advantage.
- He looked like he was going to lamp Owen when he had that guitar out.
- So I picked up the Sunday Tribune TV guide and lamped him with it.
- Tyler made a remark about Nunez not understanding the significance of having just lamped an Evertonian, and it seemed to sum up the whole evening.
- I've ruled out curiosity value; being lamped by a display window may not be the way I would choose to go, but at least it would have been theatrical.
- Charlotte's apparently lamped her ex for selling her sex secrets.
OriginEarly 19th century: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to lam. |