SUNLIGHT


Meaning of SUNLIGHT in English

sun ‧ light /ˈsʌnlaɪt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

natural light that comes from the sun:

The water sparkled in the bright sunlight.

morning/afternoon/evening sunlight

The garden looked lovely in the evening sunlight.

Sunlight streamed (=came in large amounts) through the windows.

a shaft of sunlight (=beam of sunlight)

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COLLOCATIONS

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sunlight

▪ the morning/afternoon/evening sunlight

Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.

▪ bright sunlight

She shaded her eyes against the bright sunlight.

▪ strong sunlight

Don't expose babies under six months to strong sunlight.

▪ direct sunlight

This plant prefers to be kept out of direct sunlight.

▪ dappled sunlight (=when sunlight comes through trees)

the dappled sunlight of the forest

▪ the fading sunlight

We sat in the fading sunlight of the early evening.

■ verbs

▪ sunlight streams/pours somewhere (=a lot comes in)

Mabel pulled back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in.

▪ sunlight filters somewhere (=a little comes in)

The canopy of leaves allows some sunlight to filter through.

▪ something shines/sparkles/glitters etc in the sunlight

His newly polished buttons glittered in the sunlight.

■ phrases

▪ a shaft/ray/beam of sunlight

A shaft of sunlight illuminated the left side of his face.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.