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lamp

/læmp/noun

उच्चारण लैम्प

दीपक, लैंप

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

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    a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light

    दीपक, लैंप

    • a table lamp
    • an oil lamp
    • She switched on the lamp and continued reading.
    + 2 more examples
    • We lit clay lamps all along the balcony for Diwali.
    • The street lamp flickered and then went out.

    Synonyms light lantern diya torch bulb

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a lamp (countable noun)

Lamp is countable. It names any device that gives light, from an oil lamp to an electric table lamp.

Lamp countable noun है। यह प्रकाश देने वाले किसी भी उपकरण का नाम है, तेल के दीये से लेकर बिजली के टेबल लैंप तक।

  • Switch on the lamp, please.
  • There is a small lamp on my study table.

lamp + on/off (switch, put, turn)

Use on and off with verbs such as switch, turn and put to start or stop the light.

रोशनी चालू या बंद करने के लिए switch, turn, put जैसी क्रियाओं के साथ on और off आते हैं।

  • Radhika turned the lamp off and went to sleep.
  • He put the lamp on before the power cut.

by the light of a lamp

Use by the light of for the means of seeing; under a lamp for position directly below it.

देखने के साधन के लिए 'by the light of' और ठीक नीचे की स्थिति के लिए 'under a lamp' आता है।

  • She studied by the light of a lamp during the power cut.
  • Moths gathered under the lamp.

lamp + noun

Lamp can form compounds: lamp oil, lamp holder, lamp post.

Lamp से यौगिक शब्द बनते हैं: lamp oil, lamp holder, lamp post।

  • He bought lamp oil for the festival.
  • The lamp holder is loose.
+Collocations 5

adjective + lamp

electricbedsideoiltablestreet

  • A bedside lamp was left on all night.

verb + lamp

lightswitch ondimcarrytrim

  • The villagers lit the lamp at the doorstep for Diwali.

lamp + noun

oilshadepostholderbulb

  • The lamp bulb fused during the storm.

type + lamp

readingfluorescentsolarsafetystudy

  • Her solar lamp helps her study when electricity fails.

lamp + of + noun

knowledgelearninghope

  • Books are the lamp of knowledge.
“More examples 5
  • Radhika moved the lamp closer to read the small print.

राधिका ने छोटे अक्षर पढ़ने के लिए लैंप पास खींचा।

  • The oil lamp flickered in the wind.

तेल का दीया हवा में काँप रहा था।

  • A new table lamp costs about five hundred rupees.

नया टेबल लैंप लगभग पाँच सौ रुपये का आता है।

  • Miners carried safety lamps underground.

खनिक सुरक्षा लैंप लेकर भूमिगत जाते थे।

  • The lamp went out and the room became dark.

लैंप बुझ गया और कमरा अँधेरा हो गया।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ Please close the lamp.

✓ Please switch off the lamp.

Lamps are switched or turned off, not closed.

लैंप बंद करने के लिए switch off या turn off कहा जाता है, close नहीं।

✗ She studied in the lamp.

✓ She studied by the lamp.

Use by the lamp for the source of light.

प्रकाश के स्रोत के लिए 'by the lamp' आता है, 'in the lamp' नहीं।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words all name something that gives light, but they differ in the kind of device.

ये सभी शब्द प्रकाश देने वाली वस्तु के नाम हैं, पर उपकरण के प्रकार में भिन्न हैं।

lamp

A device that gives light, often fixed or on a table.

प्रकाश देने वाला उपकरण, प्रायः स्थिर या मेज़ पर रखा।

  • The lamp lit the whole room.

lantern

A lamp inside a protective case that can be carried.

सुरक्षात्मक ढाँचे में बंद लैंप जिसे ले जाया जा सकता है।

  • The farmer carried a lantern.

torch

A small hand-held electric light (British English).

हाथ में पकड़ी जाने वाली छोटी बिजली की रोशनी (British English)।

  • Take a torch for the cave.
Idioms 1

smell of the lamp

(of a piece of writing) to show signs of a lot of hard work rather than natural talent

(रचना से) अत्यधिक परिश्रम झलकना, स्वाभाविकता न होना

  • His essays are correct but they smell of the lamp.
  • The speech smelt of the lamp.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Keep the light words together: lamp, lantern, diya (a clay oil lamp), torch, chandelier, beacon (a light used as a signal).

प्रकाश के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: lamp, lantern, diya (मिट्टी का तेल दीपक), torch, chandelier, beacon (संकेत के रूप में प्रयुक्त प्रकाश, प्रकाशस्तंभ)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Smell of the lamp (old-fashioned, show signs of too much hard study).

Idiom 'smell of the lamp' (पुराना, अत्यधिक परिश्रमी अध्ययन के संकेत दिखाना)।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

History: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was called 'The Lady with the Lamp'; her birthday (12 May) is International Nurses Day.

इतिहास में आधुनिक नर्सिंग की संस्थापक Florence Nightingale को 'The Lady with the Lamp' कहा गया; उनका जन्मदिन (12 मई) अंतर्राष्ट्रीय नर्स दिवस है।