moonlight

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

moonlights

1.
(also, attributive, uncountable, usually)(uncountable, also attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
Meronym: moonbeam
Đồng nghĩa: moonshine
2.
(archaic, uncountable, usually)The silvery colour of the light reflected by the Moon.
3.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable, usually)Synonym of moonshine (“illegally produced or smuggled spirits”).
Đồng nghĩa: moonshine
4.
(countable, informal, usually)Chiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).
5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable, usually)A picture of a scene illuminated by light reflected by the Moon.
6.
(US, countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually)A journey made at night when the Moon is shining.
7.
(US, countable, obsolete, uncountable, usually)An oratorical competition; also, a participant in such a competition.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

moonlights

V_ing/Gerund

moonlighting

V_ed/pp

moonlighted

1.
(informal, intransitive)To do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon.
2.
(Ireland, historical, intransitive)To make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
3.
(informal, intransitive)To do work for pay (sometimes illegally, secretly, or without paying income tax on the earnings) which is in addition to a main job, often in the evening or at night.
4.
(Ireland, historical, transitive)(transitive, Ireland, historical, passive voice) Of a tenant farmer: to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

moonshine

Cùng gốc / liên quan

moonlit

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Nguồn gốc từ

The noun is derived from Middle English moonelight,monelight,mone lyght, from mon, mone (moon) (from Old English mōna (moon), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon; month)) + light (light) (from Old English lēoht (light), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (bright; to see; to shine)). moon light.