alightverb詞源 1/əˈlaɪt/

• 1

  obsoleteTo make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.

• 2

  Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

  • He alighted from his horse.
  • Passengers are alighting from the carriage.
• 3

  Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.

  • A flying bird alights upon a tree.
  • Snow alights on a roof.
• 4

  archaicTo come down or go down; to descend.

• 5

  archaicOften followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.

  • But ſtorms of Stones, from the proud Temple's height, / Pour down, and on our batter'd Helms alight.
• 6

  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.

• 7

  obsoleteTo arrive.

  • Madam, heres a pretty hanſome ſtripling, nevv alight, / Enquires for Don Antonio.

alightverb詞源 2/əˈlaɪt/

• 1

  archaicTo cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.

• 2

  archaicTo set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.

  • The officer hauing by this time alighted his lampe, entred into the roome to ſee him, vvhom he accounted to be dead, […]

alightadj詞源 2/əˈlaɪt/

• 1

  archaicBurning, lit, on fire.

  • The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.
  • The sticks were damp and wouldn’t catch alight.
• 2

  archaicOften followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.

• 3

  archaicOften followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.

• 4

  archaicAglow with activity or emotion.

  • Her face was alight with happiness.
  • But such a fierce, little, rapid, sparkling, energetic, she-devil I never beheld. She was alight and flaming, all the time.

alightadv詞源 2/əˈlaɪt/

• 1

  archaicChiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.

  • Each chapel had its saintly shrine, hung around with offerings; its picture above the altar, although closely veiled, if by any painter of renown; and its hallowed tapers, burning continually, to set alight the devotion of the worshippers.