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Meaning of sunshine in English

sunshine
noun [ U ]
uk
/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/ us
/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/

sunshine noun [U] (LIGHT)

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the light and heat that come from the sun:
The children were out playing in the sunshine.
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sunshine noun [U] (PLEASURE)

informal
happiness or pleasure:
Their grandchildren have brought sunshine into their lives.
mainly UK informal
used as a form of address, either in a friendly way, or to express unwillingness to accept another person's delays, bad behaviour, etc.:
Hello, sunshine!
Come on, sunshine, get to work.
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(Definition of sunshine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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sunshine
noun [ U ]
us
/ˈsʌnˌʃɑɪn/
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the light and heat that come from the sun:
The towels dried quickly in the sunshine.
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When not actually submerged, the soils of the littoral zone are unprotected from extremes of climate, including the direct impact of sunshine and rainfall.
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The roof needs to be used during midday to avoid scorching sunshine and during rain.
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There was a significant correlation with sunshine, but none with rainfall.
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Sunshine is also used by policemen to suspects in sit-coms (and real life).
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Field-specific rainfall data and the weather variables (daily sunshine hours, daily solar radiation, daily temperature sum and daily wind speed) were used for each location.
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Seasonal variation was greatest in the temperate latitudes and correlated with hours of clear sunshine.
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The wet environment has a high rainfall (>3000 mm), low temperature, low evaporation and low sunshine hours.
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Man might lie in the sunshine, and eat lotuses, and fancy it "always afternoon," if his wife would let him!
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In the coastal plain region, tropical cyclones, usually characterized by strong high winds, little sunshine, reduced temperature and heavy rainfall are destructive to annual rice.
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Sunshine hours were used as a surrogate measure of solar radiation receipts.
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Cumulative daily sunshine duration during grain filling was calculated for each year.
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Examples of such include annual rainfall and its distribution, sunshine hours, cloudiness and annual temperature profile.
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The passing of the shower and an hour or two's sunshine and warmth would bring thefliesonce more to active life.
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There is now a positive relation with saturation deficit and sunshine, and negative with rainfall.
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Neither maximum fecundity nor rate of increase to maximum fecundity correlated with amount of rainfall, wind speed or sunshine hours (data not shown).
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Translations of sunshine

in Chinese (Traditional)
光線, 陽光，日照, 快樂…
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光线, 阳光，日照, 快乐…
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sol, luz solar, luz del sol [feminine…
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sol, luz do sol, sol [masculine]…
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ऊन, सूर्यापासून येणारा प्रकाश आणि उष्णता…
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日光, 太陽の光, 日光（にっこう）…
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güneş/gün ışığı, güneş (ışığı), mutluluk…
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soleil [masculine], lumière du soleil, rayonnement…
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sol, llum solar…
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zonneschijn, vrolijkheid…
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சூரியனில் இருந்து வரும் ஒளி மற்றும் வெப்பம்…
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सूर्य का प्रकाश…
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સૂર્યપ્રકાશ…
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solskin, glæde…
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solsken…
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sinaran matahari, kegembiraan…
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der Sonnenschein, sonnige Laune…
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solskinn [neuter], solskinn, glede…
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دھوپ…
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сонячне світло, радість, веселощі…
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солнечный свет…
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ఎండ…
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أشِعّة الشَّمس…
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রোদ…
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sluneční světlo, štěstí…
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sinar matahari, keriangan…
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แสงอาทิตย์, ความปลอดโปร่ง…
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ánh nắng mặt trời, sự hân hoan…
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słońce, promienność…
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햇빛…
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sole, luce del sole, allegria…
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