亚洲网紅露点

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klieg light

noun

  1. a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.


klieg light

/ 办濒颈藧伞 /

noun

  1. an intense carbon-arc light used for illumination in producing films
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of klieg light1

1925鈥30, Americanism; named after the brothers J. H. Kliegl (1869鈥1959) and Anton Kliegl (1872鈥1927), German-born American inventors; final l of Kliegl probably taken as initial l of light
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of klieg light1

C20: named after John H. Kliegl (1869鈥1959) and his brother Anton (1872鈥1927), German-born American inventors in the field of lighting
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Spectacle, the klieg light of the powerful since before even the ancient Olympics, is still more than capable of blinding us to the dark.

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It鈥檚 Oscar season once again, when the klieg lights are pointed at a number of fabulous film roles and the actors who inhabited them.

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They were just two of the year鈥檚 departed luminaries who had worked under the klieg lights, or behind them.

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The flip side of this argument is that Mr. Trump wins equally either way, so why not just wait and announce under the klieg lights of victory?

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鈥淎nd living it under the glare of klieg lights on the red carpet and just imagining people thinking, 鈥榃ell, they鈥檙e not as good as their mother, their father.鈥

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