/ˈdeɪlaɪt ||; ˈdeˌlaɪt/noun
[U] the light that there is during the day 日光:
The colours look quite different in daylight.这些颜色在日光下看很不同。daylight hours有日光的时间broad daylight→BROAD
daylight/ˋde͵laIt; ˈdeIlaIt/n [U] 1 the light produced by the sun during the day 日光: The park is open during daylight hours . 公园白天开放。A young girl has been attacked in broad daylight (=during the day when it is light). 有个小女孩在光天化日之下遭人袭击。 2 scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of sbinformal to frighten someone a lot【非正式】把某人吓得半死3 beat the (living) daylights out of sb to hit someone many times and hurt them badly 把某人狠揍一顿﹐把某人揍个半死4 sth is daylight robbery BrE informal used to say that something costs a lot more than is reasonable【英,非正式】明目张胆地索取高价﹔敲竹杠