alight
adj[pred 作表语]
on fire; lit 烧著; 点著
A cigarette set the dry grass alight. 香烟把乾草点著了.
Her dress caught alight in the gas fire. 她的衣服让煤气炉烧著了.
(fig 比喻) Their faces were alight with joy. 他们因喜悦而容光焕发.
alight v (fml 文)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (from sth) get down from a horse or vehicle (从马上或车上)下来
Passengers should never alight from a moving bus. 公共汽车未停稳时, 乘客万勿下车. Cf 参看 dismount 1.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) (of a bird) come down from the air and settle (指鸟)飞落
The sparrow alighted on a nearby branch. 那支麻雀飞落在附近的树枝上.
3 [Ipr] ~ on sth find sth by chance 偶然发现, 碰见某事物
My eye alighted on a dusty old book at the back of the shelf. 我偶然发现在书架後面有一本满是灰尘的旧书.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'lait]vi. 落下, 偶然发现a. 点着的相关词组: be alight with...
But there's the old community center on Elm Street.
但是在Elm街有一个旧的社区中心。
All of us hope that you will enjoy yourselves.
我们全体人员祝大家过得愉快。
The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his five shillings worth of space ,at one of Europe's myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley.