- 脚光
- きゃっこう
footlight
limelight* * *きゃっこう【脚光】footlights[複数扱い]〔劇〕フットライト.▲get into the limelight 脚光を浴びる
in the limelight 脚光を浴びて, 目立って.
* * *きゃっこう【脚光】〔劇場の〕 footlights; 《英》 floats; 〔比喩的に〕 the limelight.●脚光を浴びる 〔脚本が上演される〕 be performed (on the stage); be put on (the stage); be staged; 〔注目される〕 be in [move into, step into] the limelight
・脚光を浴びて世界外交の檜(ひのき)舞台に立った. He stood in the limelight of world diplomacy.
・ノーベル賞の受賞で彼女の地味な仕事が一躍世の脚光を浴びた. Winning the Nobel prize brought her quiet work out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.