单词	alight
释义	alight1 adjectivealight2 verb alighta‧light1 /əˈlaɪt/ ●○○ adjective [not before noun] Word Origin WORD ORIGINalight1 Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from a- + light Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A single standard lamp was alight. But it stayed alight and soon began to burn merrily. Further timber was then heaped round the base, soaked in paraffin and then set alight. He broke in, set a parachute alight and then went back to start a better one. Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight. Often she fell asleep with the candle still alight. She waited until he grew nearer and then walked up to him, her face alight. Something else was alight in the undergrowth. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► set alight  The car was set alight and pushed over a hill. ► alight with excitement/pleasure/laughter etc  Jed’s face was alight with excitement. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► set the world on fire/alight And now we have Sliver which was the subject of much wrangling and hasn't exactly set the world on fire. But if Rhodes hasn't set the world on fire with his batting, he certainly has with his fielding. Either way, the speed and acceleration is not going to set the world on fire. It was a lovely accomplishment, of course, but nothing to set the world on fire with. None of the three papers was going to set the world on fire. The sonorities glow, and the whole thing is user-friendly without setting the world on fire. 1burning:  The car was set alight and pushed over a hill.RegisterAlight is mostly used in journalism or in literature. In everyday English, people usually say on fire:· The car had been deliberately set on fire.2 literary someone whose face or eyes are alight looks excited, happy, etcalight with excitement/pleasure/laughter etc Jed’s face was alight with excitement.3 literary bright with light or colour alight1 adjectivealight2 verb alightalight2 verb [intransitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINalight2 Origin: Old English alihtan, from lihtan ‘to alight’ Verb Table VERB TABLE alight Simple Form Present I, you, we, they alight he, she, it alights Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they alighted, alit Present perfect I, you, we, they have alighted, alit he, she, it has alighted, alit Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had alighted, alit Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will alight Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have alighted, alit Continuous Form Present I am alighting he, she, it is alighting you, we, they are alighting Past I, he, she, it was alighting you, we, they were alighting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been alighting he, she, it has been alighting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been alighting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be alighting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been alighting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A returning female alights within a few feet of where she last left her baby. As the tram was between stops, they were unable to alight. Before I could alight from the carriage she was hastily walking away. Then a great orange-and-black butterfly alighted on her knee. We alighted from the aircraft steps on to the only paved surface on the island. When Carver alighted outside the Hilton in Park Lane the limo drove past at speed. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► set · The sun set alight the water drops that speckled their leaves and shadowed the ground beneath them. ► world · They could have set the world alight.· The film itself didn't set the world alight, but critics and movie-makers were impressed with the young stars. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► set the world on fire/alight And now we have Sliver which was the subject of much wrangling and hasn't exactly set the world on fire. But if Rhodes hasn't set the world on fire with his batting, he certainly has with his fielding. Either way, the speed and acceleration is not going to set the world on fire. It was a lovely accomplishment, of course, but nothing to set the world on fire with. None of the three papers was going to set the world on fire. The sonorities glow, and the whole thing is user-friendly without setting the world on fire. 1if a bird or insect alights on something, it stops flying and stands on it SYN  land2to step out of a vehicle after a journeyalight from She alighted from the train at 74th Street.alight on/upon something phrasal verb formal to suddenly think of or notice something or someone:  His mind alighted on several possible answers.
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