alight 详细解释

alight

[ə'lait]

v.落下, 走下, <古>偶然发现
adj.燃烧的, (因激动或幸福而脸上或眼睛)发亮的, 明亮的

vi.

1. (从车辆、马背等)下来[(+from)]

The bus stopped and two passengers alighted.

公共汽车停下, 两名乘客下了车。

2. (鸟等)飞落; (雪花等)飘落[(+on)]

A bird alighted on the branch.

一只鸟飞下落在树枝上。

3. 【罕】偶遇[(+on/upon)]

词形变化

动词过去式: alighted/alit | 动词过去分词: alighted/alit | 动词现在分词: alighting | 动词第三人称单数: alights |

词义辨析

反义:

vi.降落; 着陆

ride  soar  

英英释义

动词 alight:

to come to rest, settle

同义词:light, perch

come down

同义词:climb down

形容词 alight:

lighted up by or as by fire or flame

同义词:ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire

补充

alightalight英:[əˈlait] 美:[əˈlaɪt]vi.1.飞落A sparrow alighted on the branch.一只麻雀飞落在树枝上。adj.1.点着的, 照亮的He wore a face alight with happiness.他脸上喜气洋洋。

例句

1. By now the whole roof was alight!现在整个屋顶都着火了! 2. By this time the fire was well alight, and we huddled round it.这时炉火已经烧得很旺了, 我们围聚在它的四周。 3. I eventually managed to get the fire alight.我终于设法把火点着了。 4. Several buildings had been set alight.几幢大楼着了火。 5. A prisoner died after setting himself alight.一名囚犯自焚死了。 6. Suddenly the whole sky was alight with fireworks.突然整个天空都被焰火照亮了。 7. Most of the windows were alight.大多数窗口都亮着。 8. She was looking at him, her eyes alight.她看着他, 眼睛闪闪发亮。 9. The little girl's eyes were alight with excitement.小女孩的眼里闪烁着激动的光芒。 10. Tom Ford set the fashion world alight with his two new collections.汤姆•福特新推出的两个时装系列在时尚界引起了轰动。 11. Passengers travelling to Edinburgh should alight at the next station.前往爱丁堡的乘客应该在下一站下车。 12. Three men alighted from the plane.三个男人从飞机上下来。 13. alighting from the taxi, she paid off the driver.她从出租车上下来, 把钱付给司机。 14. It flew across to the tree and alighted on a branch.它向对面的那棵树飞去, 落在树枝上。 15. to alight from a vehicle从车上下来 16. A long-tailed tit alighted on the branch.一只长尾山雀飞落在树枝上。 17. The bird alighted on the tree.鸟儿飞落在树上。 18. to alight on an old photograph偶然发现一张旧照片 19. visitors should alight at the Fort Road stop.参观者应该在福特路站下车。 20. her eyes alighted on the item in question.她注意到被提及的那项。 21. [as adj.]the house was alight when the firemen arrived.救火队员到达时,房子已经熊熊燃烧了。 22. [as adv.]flammable liquid was set alight.易燃液体被点燃了。 23. [as adj.]a single lamp was alight.一盏孤灯闪亮。 24. the boy's face was alight with excitement.男孩的脸兴奋得发亮。 25. A butterfly alighted [=landed] on her hat.一只蝴蝶落在了她的帽子上。 26. A group of tourists alighted from the boat/bus/train.一个旅行团从游船/巴士/火车上下来。 27. Her eye/eyes alighted on a strange man in the crowd.她的目光落在人群中的一个陌生男子身上。 28. a speaker who easily alights upon topics that interest a wide audience能够轻松想到大家感兴趣的话题的演讲者 29. The sky was alight with stars.天空群星璀璨。 30. a face alight with excitement因兴奋而容光焕发的脸 31. "The children laughed, their eyes alight."孩子们大笑起来,兴奋得眼睛发亮。 32. Enemy soldiers set the building alight.敌军放火点燃了这栋大楼。