19:49 Jan 19, 2019 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Victorian era | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 01:06 | ||||||
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4 +7 | turn down the lamp |
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lower the lamp turn down the lamp Explanation: While in some situations 'lower' might mean in terms of its physical position, I feel sure that here it means simply 'turn down' the lamp, i.e. reduce the amount of light. On an oil lamp, the light output can be adjusted by turning a knob that raises or lowers the wick, cuasing it to burn with a larger or smaller flame, and hence give more / less light. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2019-01-19 20:10:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In more recent times, we might still say 'turn up / down' for a gas light, due to a similar mechanism... and even in today's world of electric light, and despite the fact that modern light switches are rarely if ever rotary, we still say 'turn on / off the light' |
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