| 单词 | to throw sidelight on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw (a) sidelight on a. to throw (a) sidelight on and variants: to help to clarify or enliven (a topic, statement, etc.) by providing additional or incidental information. Cf. to throw light on at light n.1 Phrases 1b(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 1726 J. Spence Ess. on Pope's Odyssey I. i. 32 The Noble Author's Words on that subject, may give a Side-light to what I mean in the present Case. 1809 S. Parr Char. Charles James Fox II. 612 A kind of side light is thrown upon the real views, or at least the real character of James II. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 268 The reader..needs all the side-lights which can be thrown upon its translated forms. 1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) VII. x. 120 Side light may be thrown upon Sarpi's judgment..by considering [etc.]. 1903 D. Butler Life & Lett. R. Leighton xiv. 517 Although these are but as disjecta membra, they are not without importance as casting side-light upon the central figure. 1991 Guardian 1 Nov. 35/2 Over and above the fruit and veg, these series are engrossing for the incidental, accidental sidelights they shed on the life of the time. 2009 New Yorker (Nexis) 11 May 76 The experiment..effectively ended the debate on flounder camouflage—and, incidentally, throws an instructive sidelight on visual processing in human beings. < as lemmas |
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