| 单词 | to stand in a person's light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand in a person's light (a) to stand in a person's light. extracted from lightn.1ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)] > injure a person's interests to stand in a person's lighta1393 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > be intercepted or cut off [verb (intransitive)] > cut off light from a person to stand in a person's light1856 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 920 I wolde thanne do my myht So forto stonden in here lyht. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 210 By cause þt he fer was from hir sighte This neighe Nicholas stood in his lighte. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2143 Sende a fewe aforn, Right aftir hem, and with a myghty honde Another way on even or amorn Caste to come in and in their light to stonde. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere viii. p. cccccxix He..laboreth sore to mynyshe as mych as he maye the credence of the catholyke chyrch both concerning ye vertuose workes whych were vsed therin, & the myracles which were dayly done therin, which two thynges he perceyued to stand sore in his lyght for the knowlege of ye catholike chyrch. (ii) To cut a person off from his or her usual or required share of illumination. ΚΠ 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late III. xxxii. 307 Don't stand in the poor girl's light. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland viii. 113 ‘Your father was a bad glazier’: said to a person who is standing in one's light. 2006 Toronto Star 9 Jan. e1 I peered over his shoulder to see how it was going. ‘You're standing in my light!’ he shouted. < as lemmas |
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