light是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 明亮的, 轻的, 不重要的 n. 光, 光线, 光源,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Officers with their night glasses scoured the growing darkness: sometimes the ocean sparkled under the rays of the moon, which darted between two clouds, then all trace of light was lost in the darkness.
-- The monster emerged some fathoms from the water, and then threw out that very intense but mysterious light mentioned in the report of several captains.
-- Towards two o'clock in the morning, the burning light reappeared, not less intense, about five miles to windward of the Abraham Lincoln.
-- At six o'clock day began to break; and, with the first glimmer of light, the electric light of the narwhal disappeared.
-- At ten minutes to eleven in the evening, the electric light reappeared three miles to windward of the frigate, as pure, as intense as during the preceding night.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "Am I really singled out for him in some way, is there really some pale gold, arctic light that envelopes only us two?"
-- She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet.
-- But the sky had come overdark, as the end of the afternoon approached: there was scarcely light to draw any more.
-- A heavy, copper-coloured beam of light came in at the west window, gilding the outlines of the children's heads with red gold, and falling on the wall opposite in a rich, ruddy illumination.
-- She saw, in the shaft of ruddy, copper-coloured light near her, the face of a man.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof.
-- He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern.
-- To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed.
-- The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up.
-- One Sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when I went to call them to supper, I could discover them nowhere.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But the great advantage of the coracle it certainly possessed, for it was exceedingly light and portable.
-- The other, a mere blur of light upon the darkness, indicated the position of the anchored ship.
-- But the light airs which had begun blowing from the south-east and south had hauled round after nightfall into the south-west.
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