"headlights" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 车头灯

Definition

汽车前部的灯，在夜间或视线不好时帮助驾驶员看路。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常指车辆前面的两盏灯，成对出现。常用短语有“打开/关闭车头灯”、'远光灯'、'近光灯'。也出现在'像被车头灯照到的鹿'这种比喻表达里，形容被吓呆。

Examples

My car's headlights are very bright.

我车的**车头灯**非常亮。

Turn on your headlights when it gets dark.

天黑时要打开**车头灯**。

The headlights didn't work, so we stopped the car.

**车头灯**坏了，所以我们停下了车。

I forgot to turn off my headlights and now the battery is dead.

我忘记关**车头灯**了，现在电瓶没电了。

Her eyes were wide, like a deer caught in the headlights.

她睁大了眼睛，就像被**车头灯**照住的鹿。

The rain was so heavy I could barely see the headlights of the car ahead.

雨太大了，我几乎看不见前面车的**车头灯**。