1826, popular name for Drummond light, a brilliant light created by the incandescence of lime (n.1); adopted for lighthouses and later for the Victorian stage, where it illuminated the principal actors, hence the figurative sense of "on stage, at the center of attention" (1877).
雙語例句
1. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼現在一下子成了眾人關注的中心，因為他有一份經常出鏡、見報的工作。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight.
好了，伯特，別出風頭。
來自柯林斯例句
3. to be in the limelight
成為公眾注目的中心
來自《權威詞典》
4. She accused her co - star of trying to hog the limelight.
她指責合演的明星企圖搶占風頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. She has long held the limelight in the dramatic world.