headlight

[US]/'hedlaɪt/
[UK]/'hɛdlaɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (汽车等)的前灯
Word Forms

Example Sentences

they slept on, insensible to the headlight beams.

他们继续睡着,不去理会前灯的光束。

We saw the gleam of headlights through the rain.

我们在雨中看见汽车前灯的微光。

My headlights shone over a broad ditch of water.

我的汽车前灯照亮了一道很宽的水沟。

The glare of the headlights almost blinded us.

汽车前灯耀眼的光使我们睁不开眼。

A sudden glare of headlights lit the driveway.

突然一辆汽车的头灯照亮了车道。

The glare of the oncoming headlights temporarily blinded me.

迎面车灯刺眼的光照得我瞬间什么也看不见。

The truck’s headlights were all fuzzy and ghostlike.

卡车的前灯光模糊一片,鬼火一样。

A car flashed its headlights at me.

一辆小汽车向我晃了晃前灯。

motorists can have their headlights tested and corrected at a reduced price on Saturday.

驾车者可在周六以优惠价检测和修理前灯。

You are asked to dip the car's headlights when you meet another car at night.

夜间开车遇到交会车辆时应该减弱前灯亮度。

He flashed his headlights and jumped lanes whenever a gap opened up.

只要前面出现一点空隙他就会亮起前车灯并超车。

Real-world Examples

Ada reached to the dashboard and cut off the headlights.

阿达伸手到仪表板上关闭了车前灯。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Many people flicked their headlights on and off, bathing me in a stuttery glow.

许多人把车头灯闪了又灭,将我笼罩在明灭的光照里。

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Lower and lower they flew, until Harry could see individual headlights and streetlamps, chimneys and television aerials.

他们飞得越来越低,最后哈利能够看清一盏盏车灯和路灯、一个个烟囱和一根根电视天线了。

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The headlights flash despairingly at him.

车头灯绝望地照着他。

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Dobby leaned towards Harry, his eyes wide as headlights.

多比凑近哈利,他的眼睛大得像车灯。

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Dobby leaned toward Harry, his eyes wide as headlights.

多比凑近哈利,他的眼睛大得像车灯。

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Reflection of a car headlight, maybe. That's all.

可能是车头灯的反光。就是这样。

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

Instead of running, they calmly packed up their equipment and turned on their headlights to illuminate the animals.

他们没有跑,而是镇定地整理器材,并打开头灯用强光照射狼群。

Source: 21st Century English Newspaper

They appear frozen in place, or " caught" in the headlights.

它们似乎僵在原地,或者被车头灯" 困住" 了。

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

But what does a deer have to do with headlights?

但是为什么鹿会与前灯有关呢?

Source: VOA One Minute English

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