1826, popular name for Drummond light, a brilliant light created by the incandescence of lime (n.1); adopted for lighthouses and later for the Victorian stage, where it illuminated the principal actors, hence the figurative sense of "on stage, at the center of attention" (1877).
limelight 双语例句
1. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼现在一下子成了众人关注的中心，因为他有一份经常出镜、见报的工作。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight.
好了，伯特，别出风头。
来自柯林斯例句
3. to be in the limelight
成为公众注目的中心
来自《权威词典》
4. She accused her co - star of trying to hog the limelight.
她指责合演的明星企图抢占风头.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. She has long held the limelight in the dramatic world.