English-Thai Dictionary

daylight

N กลางวัน  แสงแดด  รุ่งอรุ ณ  kang-wan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAYLIGHT

n.The light of the day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or of a lamp or candle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DAYLIGHT

DAYLIGHT Day "light `, n.

 

1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: The eyes. [Prov. Eng. ] Wright.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

daylight

day light |ˈdāˌlīt ˈdeɪˌlaɪt | ▶noun 1 the natural light of the day: there were two hours of daylight left | [ as modifier ] : the daylight hours. • the first appearance of light in the morning; dawn: I returned at daylight. • visible distance between one person or thing and another: figurative : their views on education are so close that it's difficult to see daylight between them. the growing daylight between himself and the leading jockey. 2 (daylights ) used to emphasize the severity or thoroughness of an action: my father beat the living daylights out of them. he can scare the living daylights out of a cinema audience. [from daylights meaning ‘eyes, ’ hence ‘any vital organ. ’] PHRASES see daylight begin to understand what was previously puzzling or unclear.

 

daylighting

day light ing |ˈdāˌlītiNG ˈdeɪˌlaɪtɪŋ | ▶noun the illumination of buildings by natural light: daylighting is achieved by using properly designed windows and skylights.

 

daylight robbery

day |light rob |bery ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal blatant and unfair overcharging.

 

daylight saving time

day light sav ing time |ˈˌdeɪlaɪt ˈseɪvɪŋ ˌtaɪm |(also daylight savings time ) ▶noun time as adjusted to achieve longer evening daylight, esp. in summer, by setting the clocks an hour ahead of the standard time.

 

Oxford Dictionary

daylight

day |light |ˈdeɪlʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the natural light of the day: [ as modifier ] : the daylight hours. • the first appearance of light in the morning; dawn: I returned at daylight. • an appreciable distance or difference between one person or thing and another: their views on education are so close that it's difficult to see daylight between them. the growing daylight between himself and the leading jockey. PHRASES —— the living daylights out of do the specified thing to (someone ) with great severity: he beat the living daylights out of them. he can scare the living daylights out of a cinema audience. [from daylights meaning ‘eyes ’, hence ‘any vital organ ’.] see daylight 1 gain public exposure or attention: old photographs that rarely see daylight. 2 begin to understand what was previously puzzling or unclear.

 

daylighting

day |light |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the illumination of buildings by natural light.

 

daylight robbery

day |light rob |bery ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal blatant and unfair overcharging.

 

daylight saving time

daylight saving time (also daylight time ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. time as adjusted to achieve longer evening daylight in summer by setting the clocks an hour ahead of the standard time. Compare with summer time.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

daylight

daylight noun 1 do the test in daylight: natural light, sunlight. ANTONYMS darkness. 2 she went there only in daylight: daytime, day; broad daylight. ANTONYMS nighttime. 3 police moved in at daylight: dawn, daybreak, (the ) break of day, (the ) crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, early morning, sunup. ANTONYMS nightfall.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

daylight

daylight noun 1 do the test in daylight for maximum accuracy of colour matching: natural light, sunlight, light of day. ANTONYMS darkness. 2 not many people go near it in daylight, never mind after dark: daytime, daylight hours, day, hours of sunlight; broad daylight. ANTONYMS night-time. 3 police moved in at daylight to make arrests: dawn, daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, first thing in the morning, early morning, cockcrow; N. Amer. sunup; literary dawning, peep of day, aurora, dayspring. ANTONYMS nightfall. PHRASES see daylight 1 Sam saw daylight. ‘You think he might be your father? ’: understand, comprehend, realize, find out, see the light, work out what's going on, get the point; informal cotton on, catch on, tumble, latch on, get the picture, get the message, get the drift, get it, get wise, see what's what, savvy; Brit. informal twig. 2 his project never saw daylight: be completed, be accomplished, see (the ) light of day; be published, be issued, come to public attention.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

daylight

day light /déɪlàɪt /名詞 U 1 昼の光 , 日光 ; 日中 , 昼, 昼間 ▸ in (the ) daylight 日中に ▸ in broad daylight 白昼堂々と ▸ during daylight hours 明るいうちに 2 夜明け (dawn )▸ The party left at [before ] daylight .一行は夜明けと共に [夜明け前に ]発 （た ）った 3 あからさま, 公然 .4 (はっきり見える )すき間 ; 隔たり .5 ｟くだけて ｠〖～s 〗正気, 意識 .b è at [kn ò ck, p ò und ] the (l ì ving ) d á ylights out of A ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉をさんざん打ちのめす ; (試合などで )Aに圧勝する .fr ì ghten [sc à re ] the (l ì ving ) d á ylights out ó f A ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉をひどく怖がらせる .p ù t d á ylight b è tween one s é lf and A ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人など 〉との間に距離を置く .s è e d á ylight 1 (解決の )光が見えてくる, 見通しが立つ .2 世に出る, 日の目を見る .～̀ r ó bbery 白昼強盗 ; ｟英 くだけて ｠法外な金額 [要求 ](｟米 ｠highway robbery ).～̀ s á ving t ì me ｟米 ｠サマータイム, 夏時間 (｟英 ｠summer time ) 〘日中時間を増やすため夏期に時計を1時間進ませる制度; ～ savings, ～ timeともいう; ｟略 ｠DST 〙.