starlight

/ˈstɑːlaɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstɑːrlaɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstär-ˌlīt/ (ame, mw)

starlight — noun

1. The soft, pale light that shines from stars in the night sky, especially when th

1.名詞
釋義

The soft, pale light that shines from stars in the night sky, especially when the moon is faint or absent.

例句

Erik and his daughter lay on the grass, reading comic books by starlight.

by starlight — set phrase for seeing or doing something using star light

Without streetlights in the desert, the campers relied on starlight to find the tents.

同義詞
  • starshine

    more poetic and less common than 'starlight'; used in literary contexts

  • starry light

    a descriptive phrase rather than a single-word synonym; less compact

用法筆記

Starlight is an uncountable noun, so it is never used with 'a' or 'an'. It appears most often in descriptive or poetic writing about the night sky, and in set phrases such as 'by starlight' and 'under starlight'.

常見錯誤

❌The valley lit up by a starlight.
✅The valley lit up by starlight.
💡Starlight is uncountable; do not use 'a' or 'an' before it.
❌The starlights were very bright last night.
✅The starlight was very bright last night.
💡Starlight is an uncountable noun and always takes a singular verb.