gaslight

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Related topics: Gas, coal, oil

gas·light /ˈɡæs-laɪt/ noun

1. [uncountableU]TPG the light produced from burning gas 煤气灯光

2. [countableC] (also gas lamp)TPG a lamp in a house or on the street which gives light from burning gas 煤气灯 →4 See picture of 见图 LAMP

Examples from the Corpus

gaslight• There was no gaslight in the apartments; only kerosene lamps glowed in the windows.• The age of gaslight, I think you called it.• It dates back to 1863, to a Victorian London of slums, of gaslight, of the powerless and the poor.• He raked his fingers through fur the color of weak tea, brown, red, golden tint of gaslight.• The shadows are like black pits and the gaslight is too bright.• His bearded face was monstrous in the gaslight.• The gaslights flickered softly, and as the time passed the surroundings no longer seemed faded and threadbare but rich and sumptuous.• An advocate of progress in all forms, Wilson was the first in his area to illuminate his premises with gaslight.

词汇	gaslight
释义	gaslight Word family noungasaliergaseitygaseousnessgasificationgasifiergasoholgasolenegasometergasometrygassergassinessgassinggasbaggas chambergasfieldgas-guzzlergasholdergaslightgasmangas maskgas metergas ringgas turbinegasworksgasadjectivegaseousgasiformgasometricgassygas-firedgaslitverbgasify Related topics: Gas, coal, oil gas·light /ˈɡæs-laɪt/ noun 1. [uncountableU]TPG the light produced from burning gas 煤气灯光 2. [countableC] (also gas lamp)TPG a lamp in a house or on the street which gives light from burning gas 煤气灯 →4 See picture of 见图 LAMP Examples from the Corpus gaslight• There was no gaslight in the apartments; only kerosene lamps glowed in the windows.• The age of gaslight, I think you called it.• It dates back to 1863, to a Victorian London of slums, of gaslight, of the powerless and the poor.• He raked his fingers through fur the color of weak tea, brown, red, golden tint of gaslight.• The shadows are like black pits and the gaslight is too bright.• His bearded face was monstrous in the gaslight.• The gaslights flickered softly, and as the time passed the surroundings no longer seemed faded and threadbare but rich and sumptuous.• An advocate of progress in all forms, Wilson was the first in his area to illuminate his premises with gaslight.
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