alight
adj[pred 作表語]
on fire; lit 燒著; 點著
A cigarette set the dry grass alight. 香煙把乾草點著了.
Her dress caught alight in the gas fire. 她的衣服讓煤氣爐燒著了.
(fig 比喻) Their faces were alight with joy. 他們因喜悅而容光煥發.
alight v (fml 文)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (from sth) get down from a horse or vehicle (從馬上或車上)下來
Passengers should never alight from a moving bus. 公共汽車未停穩時, 乘客萬勿下車. Cf 參看 dismount 1.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) (of a bird) come down from the air and settle (指鳥)飛落
The sparrow alighted on a nearby branch. 那支麻雀飛落在附近的樹枝上.
3 [Ipr] ~ on sth find sth by chance 偶然發現, 碰見某事物
My eye alighted on a dusty old book at the back of the shelf. 我偶然發現在書架後面有一本滿是灰塵的舊書.
?? 擴展釋義
*[?'lait]vi. 落下, 偶然發現a. 點著的相關詞組: be alight with...