burn daylight

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To use artificial light during the daytime when one could simply use the sunlight.
    — O, Madam, no candles yet, I beseech you ; don't let us burn daylight.
  2. To waste time. idiomatic
    — Mercutio. Come, we burn daylight, ho! Romeo. Nay, that's not so. Mercutio. I mean, sir, in delay. We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

词形变化

burns daylight present,singular,third-person burning daylight participle,present burned daylight participle,past burned daylight past burnt daylight participle,past burnt daylight past

词源

Originally a reference to burning candles during the day.
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