beam of light
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2.5
- noun
- /biːm əv laɪt/
:
haz de luz
- The lighthouse sent out a powerful beam of light to guide ships safely to shore.
- beam of light illuminates
She pulled back the curtain just a bit so a beam of light shone through.
- She pulled back the curtain just a bit so a beam of light shone through.
- It would expect it to change if the, you know, beam of light was moving towards you.
- So you can't make one beam of light outrun another beam of light in a vacuum in that sense.
- So the soul is in those beams of light.
- Either he traveled here in a wormhole, OK, beating the beam of light, right?
- That lens is called the pineal gland, and it is centering this beam of light coming down.
- If that's true, all space, all points of space and time existed once you know, what about my past and my future are all there according to a beam of light.
Examples
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A single beam of light slipped down from the skylight, illuminating one wild eye.
Fiction book (1998) -
She pulled back the curtain just a bit so a beam of light shone through.
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That little beam of light... is escape.
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I see the beam of light.
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See that beam of light?
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A beam of light came down, and they took her into the sky.
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As I strain my eyes to find that single beam of light
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With only a beam of light coming from behind me, I could barely see the stairs.
Fiction book (1991) -
After a while, it was pitch black except for the beam of light scanning the trail in front of us.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's about to swipe his card when a beam of light bounces along the wall.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
327
1.0
A narrow line of light like a sunbeam
275
3.4
A line of light that shines from one place to another
15
5.0
A narrow beam of light that falls in a straight line
9
1.0
A narrow ray of sunlight you can see in the air
4
2.2
A narrow column of light that you can see in the air
4
3.5
A narrow beam of light that shines through an opening and lights a small area
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2.0
A narrow beam of light you can see shining through darkness
Antonyms
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a narrow column or shaft of light' is directly and compositionally derived from 'beam' (a directed shaft) together with 'light' (brightness); the preposition 'of' simply links the noun and does not add idiomatic meaning. This NP 'X of Y' pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Beam of light comes from the clear image of a straight beam of light, like a sunray or a flashlight cutting through dust or fog. So, it now means a narrow 'column' or 'stream' of light that you can see and use to point at or highlight something.