moonbeam
/ˈmuːnbiːm/noun
उच्चारण मून्बीम
चाँदनी, चंद्र-किरण
Core word
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a stream of light from the moon
चाँदनी, चंद्र-किरण
- Moonbeams shone through the window onto the floor.
- The lake shimmered in the moonbeams.
- A single moonbeam fell on the sleeping child.
+ 2 more examples
- The moonbeams danced on the river.
- He watched a moonbeam creep across the floor.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a moonbeam (countable noun)
A moonbeam is one ray of moonlight, so it is countable. Often seen in the plural in poetry.
Moonbeam चाँद की रोशनी की एक किरण है, इसलिए गणनीय है। कविता में यह प्रायः बहुवचन में दिखता है।
- A single moonbeam fell across the bed.
- Moonbeams danced on the surface of the lake.
moonbeam + verb of movement
Moonbeams are described with verbs of light and movement such as fall, shine, slip, dance, stream.
Moonbeam का वर्णन प्रकाश और गति वाली क्रियाओं से होता है, जैसे fall, shine, slip, dance, stream।
- A moonbeam slipped through the curtain.
- Silver moonbeams streamed into the room.
moonbeam through / on + place
The preposition shows the route or surface of the light: through the window, on the floor, over the water.
Preposition प्रकाश का मार्ग या सतह बताता है: through the window, on the floor, over the water।
- A pale moonbeam fell through the window on the floor.
- A moonbeam lit up the old temple.
moonbeam versus moonlight
Moonlight is uncountable and means the general light of the moon; moonbeam is a single narrow ray.
'Moonlight' अगणनीय है और चाँद की सामान्य रोशनी बताता है; 'moonbeam' एक पतली किरण है।
- The garden was full of moonlight.
- Only one moonbeam reached the dark corner.
+Collocations 5
adjective + moonbeam
silverpalesoftcoldgentlebright
- A pale moonbeam touched the face of the sleeping child.
moonbeam + verb
fallshinedanceslipstreamcreep
- A moonbeam crept across the floor.
moonbeam + preposition
through the windowon the wateracross the roomover the hills
- A moonbeam rested on the water of the pond.
verb + moonbeam
catchchasefollowwatchcapture
- The poet wanted to catch a moonbeam in a jar.
moonbeam + noun
pathrayglowshadow
- A path of moonbeam led across the still water.
“More examples 6
- A moonbeam fell through the gap in the roof and lit up the mud floor.
छत की दरार से एक चाँद की किरण गिरी और कच्चे फर्श को रोशन कर दिया।
- Radhika sat at the window and watched the moonbeams on the river.
राधिका खिड़की पर बैठी नदी पर पड़ती चाँदनी की किरणें देखती रही।
- The poem compares a mother's smile to a moonbeam.
कविता में माँ की मुस्कान की तुलना चाँद की किरण से की गई है।
- In the quiet village, moonbeams were the only light after midnight.
शांत गाँव में आधी रात के बाद चाँद की किरणें ही एकमात्र रोशनी थीं।
- A moonbeam on the marble of the Taj Mahal makes it glow.
ताजमहल के संगमरमर पर पड़ने वाली चाँद की किरण उसे चमका देती है।
- A thin moonbeam through the keyhole was enough to show the way to the door.
चाबी के छेद से आती पतली चाँद की किरण दरवाज़े तक का रास्ता दिखाने के लिए काफी थी।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ A moonbeam came inside by the window.
✓ A moonbeam came in through the window.
Light enters through a window, not by it.
प्रकाश खिड़की के 'through' से अंदर आता है, 'by' से नहीं।