moonlight

• adj. 月夜的；有月光的
• n. 月光
• v. 兼職，夜襲

比喻用法。

moonlight (v.)

"hold a second job, especially at night," 1957 (implied in moonlighting), from moonlighter (1954), from the notion of working by the light of the moon; see moonlight (n.). Related: Moonlighting. Earlier the word had been used to mean "commit crimes at night" (1882).

moonlight (n.)

"light of the moon," mid-14c., from moon (n.) + light (n.).

1. They started strolling down the dusty road in the moonlight.

在月光下他們開始沿著滿是塵土的路漫步。

來自柯林斯例句

2. We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.

我們去了亞特蘭蒂斯神殿，在月光下遊覽了一番。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.

國有企業職工可以兼職。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata.

這次行動的代號是“月光奏鳴曲”。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The castle was bathed in moonlight.

城堡沐浴在月光裏。

來自《權威詞典》