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单词 to come in light
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to come to (also †in, †on) (the) light
(a) to come to (also †in, †on) (the) light: to be revealed, disclosed, made visible, or made known.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed
to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE
sutelea1000
kitheOE
unfoldc1350
disclosea1513
burst1542
to break up1584
to take vent1611
vent1622
bleed1645
emerge1664
to get (also have) vent1668
to get or take wind1668
to stand (appear) confessed1708
eclat1736
perspire1748
transpire1748
to come out1751
develop1805
unroll1807
spunk1808
effloresce1834
to come to the front1871
to show up1879
out1894
evolve1920
to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964
OE Cynewulf Elene 1122 Nu is in leoht cymen, onwrigen, wyrda bigang.
OE Crist III 1036 Sceal on leoht cuman sinra weorca wlite..ond heortan gehygd fore heofona cyning.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16742 Wha sitt iss þatt ifell doþ He shuneþþ lihht & leme. & fleþ to cumenn to þe lihht Þatt he ne wurrþe tæledd.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15892 He drogh him bak behind þe men Wald he noght cum in light.
c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 107 Þese tokenes..cam to þe lite of our knowlech.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvi. 57 When thou wast in thy pryde, and before thy wickednesse came to light.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 44 Thairby it sall cum to lycht That ze ar my Disciples rycht.
1643 Declar. Commons conc. Rebellion in Ireland 57 Their devillish designes and devices are come to light, and brought to our Knowledge.
1891 Law Times 92 18/2 Another defect in the Rules of Court 1883 has come to light.
2012 Independent 17 Apr. 6/3 If he had pulled it off, the expenses scandal would never have come to light—which is why his expenses were subjected to special scrutiny.
extracted from lightn.1
to come in light
24. Cards. Of a hand in certain games: low in points; (in Bridge) spec. lacking sufficient points for a traditional bid. Also of a bid, value, etc.: low. Also in to open light: to begin the bidding with less strength than is conventional; to come in light: to come into the bidding in this way.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adjective] > short of points for a traditional bid
light1864
1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 72 B. first looks at his hand, and finds he has but one or two small trumps; in other words, a light hand.
1899 A. Dunn Bridge 29 As the dealer's hand is not worth a single trick, a light ‘no-trumper’ means absolute ruin.
1935 E. Culbertson Encycl. Bridge 265/1 A light bid is based on nearly the strength which it implies.
1959 Listener 13 Aug. 262/3 Some players do not like to open light when they have a part score.
1971 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 8/3 A fine contract to reach on light values.
1976 Bridge Mag. July 40/1 A good partnership must..console itself with the..gains which are brought in by one partner coming in light and the other not crucifying him for doing so.
2017 Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Features section) 15 Top players dislike opening light in second chair—too much danger of being taken overboard by partner.
extracted from lightadj.1n.2
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