LIMELIGHT

n. strong white light which was formerly used in theaters; center of attention

n. 1952 comedy film directed by Charlie Chaplin (starring Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton); name of nightclubs in New-York (USA) and London (England )

Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. Although it has long since been replaced by electric lighting, the term has nonetheless survived, as someone in the public eye is still said to be "in the limelight". An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of calcium carbonate (limestone), which can be raised to white heat without melting. The light is produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence.
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Noun
1. a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"
(synonym) spotlight, glare, public eye
(hypernym) prominence
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
(synonym) calcium light
(hypernym) lamp
(member-holonym) theater light

Synonyms and related words:
PR, arc, arc light, ballyhoo, blurb, bright light, celebrity, color filter, common knowledge, cry, currency, daylight, dimmer, eclat, exposure, fame, famousness, floats, flood, floodlight, footlights, foots, gelatin, glare, hoopla, hue and cry, klieg light, light plot, lights, marquee, maximum dissemination, medium, notoriety, plug, press notice, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, report, spot, spotlight, write-up
  

limelight /'laimlait/
danh từ đèn sân khấu; ánh sáng đèn (nghĩa bóng) ánh đèn quảng cáoto be in the limelight được mọi người chú ý đến; nổi bật, nổi tiếng
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