sidelight
pronunciation
How to pronounce sidelight in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪdlaɪt]
How to pronounce sidelight in American English:
US [ˈsaɪdˌlaɪt]
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- Noun:
- light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
Word Origin
- sidelight (n.)
- also side-light, c. 1600, "light coming from the side," from side (adj.) + light (n.). Figurative meaning "incidental information on a subject" is attested from 1862.
Example
- 1. There 's an interesting sidelight to this story .
- 2. Vagarious effects can be generated when sidelight optical fiber are fixed in the tunnel .
- 3. I think you will all like to get a little sidelight on english education .
- 4. An interesting sidelight : alcatraz was the only federal prison at the time that provided hot-water showers for its inmates , but the motivation was hardly humanitarian .
- 5. Improve the occasion , optimize in reason -- the sidelight of planning & design for teaching hospital of chongqing university medical research institute .