sidelight
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++side·light /ˈsaɪdlaɪt/ noun [countable] British English TTCone of the two small lights next to the main front lights on a car 〔汽车的〕侧灯 SYN American English parking light →4 See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 car
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sidelight• A $ 1 million lawsuit, with amusing sidelights and important ramifications for the federal budget debate, must be adjudicated.• By four o'clock car sidelights were on, small-eyed in the gathering gloom.• In the end we compromised, Singh apologised and I agreed to pay for repairs to his sidelight.• Through the frosted window blazed the cold light of winter morning; sidelight, the most harsh.• It is an odd sidelight, to coin a phrase, on road accidents.• Oscar read it carefully by the sidelights of his huge vehicle.side·light nounChineseSyllable
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sidelight
side‧light /ˈsaɪdlaɪt/
noun [countable] British English
one of the two small lights next to the main front lights on a car
SYN parking light American English
■ on a car
▪headlight (also headlamp ) one of the two large lights at the front of a vehicle: It was getting dark so she switched the headlights on.
▪sidelight British English, parking light American English one of the two small lights next to the main lights, at the front and back of a car
▪tail light one of the two red lights at the back of a vehicle
▪indicator British English, turn signal American English one of the lights on a car that flash to show which way the car is turning
side‧light /ˈsaɪdlaɪt/
noun [countable] British Englishone of the two small lights next to the main front lights on a car
SYN parking light American English
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