英语词汇“alight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a·light¹

(ə-līt)

intr.v. a·light·ed or a·lit (ə-lĭt), a·light·ing, a·lights

1. To come down and settle, as after flight: "A swarm of black birds flew across the road and alighted in a pecan tree" (Ernest J. Gaines).

2. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen alighted from the carriage.

3. To come by chance: alight on a happy solution.

[Middle English alighten, from Old English ālīhtan : ā-, intensive pref. + līhtan, to relieve of a burden (from līht, light; see LIGHT²).]

单词	alight
释义	a·light¹ (ə-līt) intr.v. a·light·ed or a·lit (ə-lĭt), a·light·ing, a·lights 1. To come down and settle, as after flight: "A swarm of black birds flew across the road and alighted in a pecan tree" (Ernest J. Gaines). 2. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen alighted from the carriage. 3. To come by chance: alight on a happy solution. [Middle English alighten, from Old English ālīhtan : ā-, intensive pref. + līhtan, to relieve of a burden (from līht, light; see LIGHT²).]
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