单词 | shed light on |
释义 | shed light onSEE SYNONYMS FOR shed light on ON THESAURUS.COM Also, throw light on. Clarify or explain, as in I was hoping the professor would shed light on how he arrived at his theory, or Can anyone throw some light on where these plants came from? Originally, from about 1200, these expressions were used literally, in the sense of “illuminate,” but they soon were used figuratively as well. Words nearby shed light onshedder, shed dormer, she-devil, shedful, shed hand, shed light on, shedload, shed out, shed roof, shed room, shedrow The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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