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alight

美音:[ə´laıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[ə´laıt ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
vi.落下 adj.点着的,发亮的

难易程度:

alight为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

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

词根

a-=intensive(加强语气)

近义词, 同义词

arrive  get to  come to  reach  attain  alight  land  go ashore  disembark    

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alight


/ə'laɪt; ə`laɪt/
adj [pred 作表语] on fire; lit 烧着; 点着
*A cigarette set the dry grass alight. 香烟把乾草点着了.
* Her dress caught alight in the gas fire. 她的衣服让煤气炉烧着了.
* (fig 比喻) Their faces were alight with joy. 他们因喜悦而容光焕发.

/ə'laɪt; ə`laɪt/
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.