starlight tour
- noun
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tour de luz estelar
- They booked a starlight tour through the national park during their holiday.
Examples
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The starlight tour revealed dozens of constellations we had never seen before.
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During the starlight tour, the guide pointed out various planets and star clusters.
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A clear sky made our starlight tour an unforgettable experience.
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We enjoyed a starlight tour last weekend.
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Have you ever been on a starlight tour?
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The starlight tour at the observatory allowed us to see the Milky Way clearly.
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Many families join a starlight tour to explore the wonders of the night sky.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a direct composition of 'starlight' (light from stars) and 'tour' (a trip), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer it denotes a trip to observe stars; the construction is literal and follows normal noun+noun compounding. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and similar compostions exist cross-linguistically, so the phrase is predictable for B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun starlight tour comes from guided walks at night, when a guide leads a small group under the starlight to point out stars and shapes in the sky. That's why it now means 'an organized nighttime trip to see the stars'.
