alight
alight 英 [əˈlaɪt] 美 [əˈlaɪt]
vi. 下来；飞落 adj. 烧着的；点亮着的
进行时:alighting 过去式:alighted 过去分词:alighted 第三人称单数:alights 名词复数:alights
- The word alight has two distinct meanings: it can mean coming down or settling in a delicate manner, such as a bird perching, or it can be a rather poetic way to describe something that’s on fire (or “afire”).
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- vi. 下来；飞落
- adj. 烧着的；点亮着的
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1. Leaf-green pierid alight on the sandy shores of the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.
叶绿色的粉蝶飞落在玻利维亚的马迪迪国家公园的图伊奇河的沙滩海岸上。
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2. After the rover mission, China will launch a temporary lunar drill, which will alight on the surface, take a sample and take off again.
在这个登月车计划之后，中国将进行一个短期的登月演练，包括飞落到月球表面，取一个样本并再次起飞。
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3. At first it referred to the wick of a lamp or candle, then to things kept alight to ignite other things like cannons.
一开始，它指油灯或蜡烛的芯，随后则指那些点着后用来引燃其他东西（如大炮）的物品。
- alight (adj.) "on fire," early 15c., apparently an adjectival use of Middle English aliht, past participle of verb alihton (Old English on-lihtan, obsolete from 17c.) "to light up, set light to," also "to shine upon" (see a- (1) + light (n.)). Now regarded as parallel to afire, ablaze, etc.
- alight (v.) "to descend (from horseback, etc.), dismount," Old English alihtan "alight," originally "to lighten, take off, take away," from a- "down, aside" (see a- (1)) + lihtan "get off, make light" (see light (v.)). The notion is of getting down off a horse or vehicle, thus lightening it. Of aircraft (originally balloons) from 1786. Related: Alighted; alighting.
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