英语词汇highlight的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

highlight; high spot. The high light or high lights of a paint- ing, the brightest parts of a subject, which are focal points in the composition, was a technical term, well-known to artists in the early 17th century. These focal points of highest light intensity became familiar in photography, too, and by the be- ginning of this century the expression high light began to be used frequently for any bright, prominent, or outstanding feature of any occasion, subject, or situation. The much new- er American expression high spot (1928), meaning the same and deriving from spotlight, doesn’t seem to be used as often.

词汇	highlight
词源	highlight; high spot. The high light or high lights of a paint- ing, the brightest parts of a subject, which are focal points in the composition, was a technical term, well-known to artists in the early 17th century. These focal points of highest light intensity became familiar in photography, too, and by the be- ginning of this century the expression high light began to be used frequently for any bright, prominent, or outstanding feature of any occasion, subject, or situation. The much new- er American expression high spot (1928), meaning the same and deriving from spotlight, doesn’t seem to be used as often.
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