第三人称单数：limelights
现在分词：limelighting
过去分词：limelighted; limelit
过去式：limelighted; limelit
名词
1. She has long held the limelight in the dramatic world.
她长久以来在戏剧界受人注目。
1. 舞台生涯：<<舞台生涯>>(Limelight)是1952年查尔斯.卓别林经典喜剧作品,被称为卓别林情感交际、有血有泪的自传式写实电影,本片的主题曲为卓别林制作,旋律悠美动人,扣人心弦.
2. 石灰灯：其实不少学者早已研究如何用人造光线辅助摄影,早于 1839 年,已有科学家利用石灰灯 (limelight) 为显微镜影像曝光到银版摄影片 (daguerreotype) 之上,需时 5 分钟,比自然曝光所需的 30 分钟快了许多.
3. 舞台灯光：并与之合写了第二张专辑里的歌曲. 之后他又当了MV导演,再后来就成为电影导演. 如今的他还同时负责监制<<橘镇风云>>(The O.C.)、<<超市特工>>(看专业剧评)(Chuck)、<<舞台灯光>>(Limelight)等多套剧集,堪称全面开花的多面手.
1. 公众注意的中心
If someone is in the limelight, a lot of attention is being paid to them, because they are famous or because they have done something very unusual or exciting.
e.g. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼现在一下子成了众人关注的中心，因为他有一份经常出镜、见报的工作。
1. Swimming suits and lingerie shows always catch the limelight at fashion weeks.
2. The fictitious story struck a chord with so many people that the right to having pets was thrust into the limelight of controversy.
3. Stealing the limelight from domestic designers'shows, five shows by foreign designers pushed the fashion week to a climax last weekend.
4. Michael also says Dylan is so desperate to be in the limelight he often performs his own comedy routines and sings along to Elvis tracks.
5. Famed ballet The Red Detachment of Women is again in the limelight, but this time for a courtroom drama and story that stretches across generations.
6. The discreet Zidane will not mind being out of the limelight once his playing days are over.
7. The presence of leaders from about 100 countries will stage a diplomatic feast and bring China again to the limelight of world attention.
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8. More recently, it is the financial matter that has been in the center of the media's limelight.
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9. Accepting the limelight now puts the first twins on more even footing with some of their famous cousins.
10. Gaga has also slammed shows that thrust new artists straight into the limelight, claiming they should spend time nurturing their talent.
noun
1. a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light
formerly used for stage lighting
Synonym: calcium light
2. limelight的反义词
2. a focus of public attention
e.g. he enjoyed being in the limelight
when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
Synonym: spotlight glare public eye