lamp

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ldoce_193_flamp /læmp/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1  DHFan object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas 灯table/desk/bedside lamp 台灯/书桌灯/床头灯oil/electric/fluorescent lamp 油灯/电灯/荧光灯 → fog lamp, headlamp, hurricane lamp, safety lamp, standard lamp →5  See picture of uplighter 上射灯, chandelier 枝形吊灯, light bulb 灯泡 ... →4  See picture of 见图 lamp2  MHa piece of electrical equipment used to provide a special kind of heat, especially as a medical treatment 〔尤指治疗用的〕发热灯；照射器infra-red/ultraviolet lamp 红外线/紫外线灯 → sunlamp, blowlampn COLLOCATIONSverbsswitch/turn on a lampDorothy switched on the desk lamp.switch/turn off a lampHe switched off the lamp beside the bed.light a lampElizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.a lamp burnsA silver lamp burned on the altar.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lamp a table/desk/bedside lampHe read by the light of the bedside lamp.an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp (=lamps that you light with a flame)The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.a street lampHarry stopped under a street lamp. a hurricane lamp (=a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind)

Examples from the Corpus

lamp• Shamrock cup and saucer by Beleek Bestlite 31170 solid brass lamp base with dark green enamelled shade.• a desk lamp• So it seems the future of compact fluorescent lamps is secure.• an infrared lamp• The stars showed the way, but faintly, like lamps along a road for ghosts.• These new lamps last five times longer and need less than 20 percent of the power used by an ordinary light bulb.• It glowed with the warm, welcoming light of oil lamps.• I said goodbye to her under a street lamp.• They're better than lamp posts and that, cos trees grow out of the ground, so they're extra special like.• Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up, out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp.oil/electric/fluorescent lamp• There was a hot fire in the potbellied stove and an oil lamp burning high on a table in the corner.• The front door was open, as we approached, a light came on, probably from an oil lamp.• The range used for cooking also provides heat: an oil lamp provides light.• So it seems the future of compact fluorescent lamps is secure.• Mrs McGill fries bread for breakfast, takes Chas to bed, cooks supper, lights oil lamp and nurses Nana.• As the merchants lit oil lamps, their familiar booths turned magical.• It glowed with the warm, welcoming light of oil lamps.• Several of the traders had lit small oil lamps which they hung in front of their stalls.Origin lamp (1100-1200) Old French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein “to shine”

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or oil, by Corpus object that an produces using light electricity,

lamp
lamp S3 /læmp/ noun [countable]
1. an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas
    table/desk/bedside lamp
    oil/electric/fluorescent lamp ⇨ fog lamp, headlamp, hurricane lamp, safety lamp, standard lamp
2. a piece of electrical equipment used to provide a special kind of heat, especially as a medical treatment
    infrared/ultraviolet lamp
⇨ sunlamp, blowlamp
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ switch/turn on a lamp Dorothy switched on the desk lamp.
   ▪ switch/turn off a lamp He switched off the lamp beside the bed.
   ▪ light a lamp Elizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
   ▪ a lamp burns A silver lamp burned on the altar.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lamp
   ▪ a table/desk/bedside lamp He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
   ▪ an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp (=lamps that you light with a flame) The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
   ▪ a street lamp Harry stopped under a street lamp.
   ▪ a hurricane lamp (=a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind)
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see: She switched the kitchen light on. | The lights in the house were all off.
   ▪ lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas - often used in names of lights: a bedside lamp | a street lamp | a desk lamp | a table lamp | an old oil lamp | a paraffin lamp
   ▪ lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light: The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles.
   ▪ torch British English, flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand: We shone our torches around the cavern.
   ▪ candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light: The restaurant was lit by candles.
   ▪ bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from: a 100 watt bulb | an energy-saving light bulb