spotlight

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++spot·light1 /ˈspɒtlaɪt $ ˈspɑːt-/ ●○○ noun  1  [countable] a light with a very bright beam which can be directed at someone or something. Spotlights are often used to light a stage when actors or singers are performing 聚光灯 The yard was lit by three huge spotlights. 院子里亮着三盏巨大的聚光灯。under the spotlights I was sweating under the spotlights. 聚光灯照得我出汗了。in/into the spotlight She stepped into the spotlight and began to sing. 她走到聚光灯下，开始演唱起来。 →5 see picture at 见图 lamp2  the spotlight ATTENTIONa lot of attention in newspapers, on television etc 媒体的关注in/under the spotlight Education is once again under the spotlight. 教育问题再一次成了媒体关注的焦点。put/turn the spotlight on something A new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities. 一篇新的报道将媒体的关注点引向了旧城区的贫困问题。

Examples from the Corpus

spotlight• The only option may be a single mercury vapour or metal halide spotlight, with no option for extra support lighting.• The winners in 1992,1980,1976 and 1968 were unencumbered by political duties as federal officeholders in the national spotlight.• Let the eyes hold the spotlight and keep lips muted with soft pink or peach.• His blue eyes shimmer in the spotlights.• Johnson stepped into the spotlight to make his speech.• Suddenly, Stairway to Paradise is echoing through the theatre and I am stepping into the spotlight sliding faster and faster.• Vaught likes the spotlight as much any other person.• Tatum had stayed out of the spotlight to bring up their three children Kevin, six, Sean, five and one-year-old Emily.• At last Nahat was up against the backdrop with the spotlight breathing down his neck.in/into the spotlight• The fact that the shadow economy is coming into the spotlight of open publicity is encouraging.• It gives us a chance to be more in the spotlight.• Phase 1 puts exploration and production in the spotlight.• His blue eyes shimmer in the spotlights.• Just one lone ancestor standing in the spotlight without anyone or anything else the current generation can blame.• Once Raymo saw a slender man standing in the spotlight in front of the sandbags.• Suddenly, Stairway to Paradise is echoing through the theatre and I am stepping into the spotlight sliding faster and faster.• Politicians, uncomfortable in the spotlight, publicly back some sort of reform package that might take away a few of their perks.spotlight2 verb (past tense and past participle spotlighted or spotlit) [transitive]  1  ATTENTIONto direct attention to someone or something 使显眼，使突出，使受注意 SYN highlight The article spotlights the problems of the homeless. 文章专门探讨了无家可归者的种种问题。2  SHINEto shine a strong beam of light on something 将聚光灯射向〔某物〕，聚光照明 She walked out onto the spotlit stage. 她走出来，站到聚光灯下的舞台上。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

spotlight• But one top economist viewed the Government's decision to spotlight manufacturing as another U-turn.• Our list here isn't comprehensive, but simply aims to spotlight some of the new homes on the market.• The article spotlights the growth of Islam in the U.S.

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spot‧light¹ /ˈspɒtlaɪt $ ˈspɑːt-/ noun
1. [countable] a light with a very bright beam which can be directed at someone or something. Spotlights are often used to light a stage when actors or singers are performing:
    The yard was lit by three huge spotlights.
    under the spotlights
    I was sweating under the spotlights.
    in/into the spotlight
    She stepped into the spotlight and began to sing.
2. the spotlight a lot of attention in newspapers, on television etc
    in/under the spotlight
    Education is once again under the spotlight.
    put/turn the spotlight on something
    A new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities.

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spotlight² verb (past tense and past participle spotlighted or spotlit) [transitive]
1. to direct attention to someone or something
   SYN  highlight:
    The article spotlights the problems of the homeless.
2. to shine a strong beam of light on something:
    She walked out onto the spotlit stage.