light show
15
3.5
- noun
- /laɪt ʃoʊ/
:
espectáculo de luces
- Thanks to this network, the entire world is in the front row for the cosmic light show.
- laser light show
- psychedelic light show
- spectacular light show
I only go through for the light show and the churros.
- I only go through for the light show and the churros.
- And apparently there were many hotels in Hawaii who held rainbow bomb parties on their roofs to see this spectacular light show.
Examples
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And nothing is going to stop us from seeing that laser light show.
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The accompanying festivities included speeches, a light show, and, of course, some good German beer and bratwurst.
Academic text (2006) -
Time for the light show!
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I liked the light show at the end.
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Check out the light show!
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Well, that was some light show.
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And we got a really cool light show to go along with it.
Blog text (32) -
A colored light show screaming down from the heavens.
Fiction book (1995) -
Hunt lifted his eyes to the sky and gazed in awe at the light show bursting above.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Grand Haven fountain performs with a synchronized water and light show accompanied by music of all varieties.
Synonyms
A changing show of bright colors and patterns
How Spectacular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a display of lights' is directly and compositionally derived from 'light' (illumination) + 'show' (a staged display), yielding a noun-noun compound that literally denotes a performance made of lights. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Light show comes from the simple idea of bright light put on show for people to watch. So, the phrase means 'a display of colored, moving lights' used to entertain people at concerts and other events.