limelight

名词 limelight:

1. a focus of public attention
   同义词：spotlight, glare, public eye
2. a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
   同义词：calcium light

1. That politician has been in the limelight recently because of his strong opinions.
   那位政治家由于持激烈的观点，近来一直引人注目。
2. She claims she never sought the limelight.
   她说她从不爱出风头。
3. When I was President, I was always in the limelight there was no privacy.
   我当总统时一直为公众瞩目--谈不上私人的生活。

lime.light

n.（名词）
A focus of public attention.
众人注目的中心

An early type of stage light in which lime was heated to incandescence producing brilliant illumination.
白炽灯：一种早期的舞台灯具，通过加热到炽热状态而发出明亮的耀眼的光
The brilliant white light so produced.Also called In this sense, also called calcium light
生产耀眼的白灯也作 在此意义上也可称作 calcium light