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starlight

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++star·light /ˈstɑːlaɪt $ ˈstɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]  LIGHTthe light that comes from the stars in the night sky 星光
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starlightThrough cracks in the lush indigo covering they caught glimpses of golden starlight in the deep-blue sky.Carpets were thick underfoot and solid velvet curtains hung at the windows, parted just sufficiently to admit a little starlight.The mist coiled and broke round the movement, and its pallid drift reflected, briefly, the starlight.The room was totally dark, not even the starlight showing while my eyes adjusted.All round the house lay the silent pine trees, dim in the starlight.Everything seemed so strange and silvery in the starlight and every so often my head would nod and I'd stumble and start.
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starlight
starlight /ˈstɑːlaɪt $ ˈstɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]
the light that comes from the stars in the night sky


star·lightBrE /ˈstɑːlaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɑːrlaɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] light from the stars 星光We walked home by starlight. 我们借着星光走回家。🔊🔊