| 单词 | to come to light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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