lamp S3 / læmp / 名词 [可数名词]
1 an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas
table/desk/bedside lamp
oil/electric/fluorescent lamp → fog lamp , headlamp , hurricane lamp , safety lamp , standard lamp
2 a piece of electrical equipment used to provide a special kind of heat, especially as a medical treatment
infrared/ultraviolet lamp
→ sunlamp , blowlamp
COLLOCATIONS
动词
switch/turn on a lamp Dorothy switched on the desk lamp.
switch/turn off a lamp He switched off the lamp beside the bed.
light a lamp Elizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
a lamp burns A silver lamp burned on the altar.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lamp
a table/desk/bedside lamp He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp (= lamps that you light with a flame ) The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
a street lamp Harry stopped under a street lamp.
a hurricane lamp (= a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind )
THESAURUS
light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see : She switched the kitchen light on. | The lights in the house were all off.
lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas - often used in names of lights : a bedside lamp | a street lamp | a desk lamp | a table lamp | an old oil lamp | a paraffin lamp
lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light : The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles.
torch British English , flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand : We shone our torches around the cavern.
candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light : The restaurant was lit by candles.
bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from : a 100 watt bulb | an energy-saving light bulb