lights-out

1. Efficiency is important, and administrators want to minimize the support of these services and make them a fully automated, or "lights-out," operation.
   效率很重要，管理员希望能够最小化这些服务的支持，让其成为全自动，就像自动熄灯一样。
2. ( Reading on the beach is fun; so is a half-hour of reading time after what's supposed to be lights-out.)
   （在海滩上阅读很有趣；在预定的熄灯时间之后拿出半个小时阅读也很有趣。）
3. Most of us understand the discomfort we are inflicting on the poor schmo behind us and try to limit our reclining for the lights-out portion of the flight.
   大多数的人都会控制在飞行的熄灯时段的椅子靠背的倾斜度，因为我们理解那个坐在我们背后的傻瓜是多么不舒服。
4. The lights-out event is part of Earth Hour, an effort to call attention to climate change.
   此次停电事件是“地球时刻”活动的一个环节，以唤起人们对气候变化的关注。
5. On the morning of his birthday, September20th, he would have himself a big knock, and then he'd have another that night after lights-out.
   9月20日是安迪的生日，一大早他就把自己灌得不省人事，熄灯后再灌一通。
6. They started to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, the military and blew the lights-out signal that the LDC will allow victims to rest.
   他们鸣枪向阵亡将士致敬，并吹响军中熄灯号，表示让死难将土安息。
7. His day, as regimented as at a military academy, will end at lights-out at10:30p. m.
   他每日的生活直至晚10：30熄灯才能结束，就如同军事院校一样有规律。

noun

1. (military) signal to turn the lights out

   Synonym:    taps

2. a prescribed bedtime