Sidelight
n. 侧线, 侧灯, 舷灯, 杂闻
📖 牛津释义
sidelight
n
1 either of a pair of small lights at the front of a vehicle （车辆前面的）侧灯. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page xii.
2 ~ (on sb/sth) (fig 比喻) minor or casual piece of information that helps one to understand a subject, etc （有助於了解某问题等的）小的或偶然的启示
The article about the theatre gave us a few sidelights on the character of its owner. 关於该剧院的这篇文章对我们了解其业主的个性带来了意外的启示.
🗣️ 情景例句
Oh. Right.
噢。对了。
I believe they also deserve this award.
我认为他们也有资格获得这一奖项。
We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;
如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，