sidelight

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT The sidelights on a vehicle are lights on its sides. 側(cè)燈[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
2. N-COUNT The sidelights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width. (車(chē)輛前面的)位置燈[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
3. N-COUNT A sidelight on a particular situation is a piece of information about that situation which is interesting but which is not particularly important. 側(cè)面消息[oft N 'on' n]
The book is full of amusing sidelights on his family background. 這本書(shū)中有許多關(guān)于他家庭背景的趣聞。