moonlight

英 [ˈmuːnlaɪt]

美 [ˈmuːnlaɪt]

n.  月光
v.  (暗中)兼职，从事第二职业

现在分词：moonlighting　过去分词：moonlighted　复数：moonlights　过去式：moonlighted　第三人称单数：moonlights　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9043 / COCA.7941

习惯用语

n.

do a moonlight/midnight flit
• （通常为了躲债）夜间偷偷逃走
  to leave a place suddenly and secretly at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to sb

牛津词典

noun

• 月光
  the light of the moon
  1. to go for a walk by moonlight/in the moonlight
     在月光下散步

verb

• （暗中）兼职，从事第二职业
  to have a second job that you do secretly, usually without paying tax on the extra money that you earn

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 月光;月色
  Moonlightis the light that comes from the moon at night.
  1. They walked along the road in the moonlight...
     他们在月光下沿路散步。
  2. We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
     我们去了亚特兰蒂斯神殿，在月光下游览了一番。
• VERB 兼职,从事第二职业(尤指不为专职工作的老板和税收部门所知)
  If someonemoonlights, they have a second job in addition to their main job, often without informing their main employers or the tax office.
  1. ...an engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver...
     兼职开出租车的工程师
  2. Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.
     国有企业职工可以兼职。

英英释义

noun

• the light of the Moon
  1. moonlight is the smuggler's enemy
  2. the Moon was bright enough to read by
  Synonym:moonshineMoon

verb

• work a second job, usually after hours
  1. The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver

双语例句

• We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
  我们去了亚特兰蒂斯神殿，在月光下游览了一番。
• Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.
  只是为了维持生计，几乎每个职员都要偷偷地做兼职。
• We set out in the dim moonlight.
  我们在朦胧的月色下出发了。
• Work in the moonlight.
  顶着月亮。
• I can see it in the moonlight. I think they're chasing us!
  我能借着月光看见它，我想他们是在追赶我们！
• Could you see the moonlight? It was your life beaconed all dim light!
  你看到月光了吗？那是在昏暗中照亮你生命的灯塔！
• The clear, bright moonlight poured in through the window.
  月亮的清辉从窗口泻进来。
• Bright moonlight decorated your window, you cast light into someone's dream.
  明月装饰了你的窗子，你装饰了别人的梦。
• Sunset sail. Turned into a moonlight sail.
  日落航行，结果变成了月色航行。
• Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.
  国有企业职工可以兼职。