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lamp 音标拼音: [l'æmp] n. 灯
vt. 照亮 灯照亮 lamp灯 lamp n 1: an artificial source of visible illumination 2: a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbsLamp \ Lamp\ ( l[ a^] mp), n. [ OE. ( with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See { Lamina}.] A thin plate or lamina. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Lamp \ Lamp\ ( l[ a^] mp), n. [ F. lampe, L. lampas, - adis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, torch, fr. ? to give light, to shine. Cf. { Lampad}, { Lantern}.] 1. A light- producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus; formerly referring especially to a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light; also, a similar device using a gas as the combustible fuel; now referring mainly to an electric lamp. See sense [ 3]. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. [ 1913 Webster] Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Ps. cxix. 105. [ 1913 Webster] Ages elapsed ere Homer' s lamp appeared. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity, usually having a glass bulb or tube containing the light- emitting element. Most lamps belong to one of two categories, the { Incandescent lamp} ( See under { Incandescent}) or the { fluorescent lamp}. However, see also { arc lamp}, below. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 4. A device that emits radiant energy in the form of heat, infrared, or ultraviolet rays; as, a heat lamp. [ PJC] { Aeolipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. -- Weale. { Arc lamp} ( Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. { D[" e] bereiner' s lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist D[" o] bereiner, who invented it. Called also { philosopher' s lamp}. { Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp. { Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. -- Knight. { Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. { Lamp jack}. See 2d { Jack}, n., 4 ( l) & ( n) . { Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp. { Lamp shell} ( Zool.), any brachiopod shell of the genus { Terebratula} and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See { Terebratula}. { Safety lamp}, a miner' s lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, { Davy lamp}. { To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition. [ 1913 Webster] 86 Moby Thesaurus words for " lamp": Chinese lantern, Finsen light, Moore light, arc light, battery lamp, broadside, candle, candlelight, cresset, dark lantern, electric candle, electric lamp, electric light bulb, electric torch, electric- arc lamp, electric- discharge lamp, eye, filament lamp, fire, flame, flame lamp, flash lamp, flashbulb, flasher, flashgun, flashlight, flood lamp, floodlight, floor lamp, focus lamp, gas lamp, gaslight, glim, head lamp, headlight, high- intensity lamp, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, infrared lamp, klieg light, lampion, lamplet, lantern, light, light bulb, light source, limelight, luminant, luminary, magic lantern, magnetite arc lamp, match, mercury lamp, mercury- arc lamp, moderator lamp, moon, navigation light, neon light, neon tube, night light, ocular, oculus, oil lamp, osmium lamp, peeper, photoflash lamp, pilot light, rushlight, safety lamp, searchlight, sidelight, source of light, spot, spotlight, stars, stop light, strobe, strobotron, sun, sun lamp, sun spot, table lamp, taper, torch, winker |
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