Alight
[ə'laɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) come down; 'the birds alighted'.
(verb.) to come to rest, settle; 'Misfortune lighted upon him'.
錄入:玛格利特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
(v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
(v. i.) To come or chance (upon).
(a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
整理:马提
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Stop or rest (after flight).[2]. Dismount, descend, get down.
埃米尔編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Perch, drop, descend, dismount
ANT:Mount, ascend, spring, soar, start
整理:凯瑟琳
解釋/意思:
adj. on fire: lighted up.
v.i. to come down as from a horse (from): to descend: to land anywhere (upon): to fall upon.
錄入:罗莎莉
例句/造句/用法:
- He did not want to go up the public streets with her, his soul all naked and alight as it was. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- His whole nature seemed serenely alight. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She heard the sledge, saw Ursula and Birkin alight, and she shrank from these also. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- And I will wait in my bedroom, with only one candle alight. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- All Stilbro' Moor, alight and aglow with bonfires, would not have stopped them, nor would Calder or Aire thundering in flood. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Hang by your hands and you will alight safely on a level floor of soft sand. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It is Jarvis Lorry who has alighted and stands with his hand on the coach door, replying to a group of officials. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I alighted softly upon the ground, however, without appreciable shock or jar. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- When we had again alighted, and were walking in the starlight along the quiet road that led to the Doctor's house, I told Agnes it was her doing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But some of the visitors alighted and did not depart after the handsome treating to veal and ham. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- They thought much more of alighting at the convent door, and warming themselves at the convent fire. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Alighting on his feet, he took Clennam by the button-hole, led him behind the pump, and pantingly produced from his pocket a bundle of papers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- In the first instant of alighting, Mrs. Sparsit turned her distracted eyes towards the waiting coaches, which were in great request. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- On my alighting there he turned the carriage, and dashed away again without so much as a look in my direction. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- There Mr Merdle insisted on alighting and going his way a-foot, and leaving his poor equipage at Mr Dorrit's disposition. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Mr. Bucket's eye, after taking a pigeon-flight round the room, alights upon a table where letters are usually put as they arrive. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A great moth goes humming by me; it alights on a plant at Mr. Rochester's foot: he sees it, and bends to examine it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- When the driver stops his horses, Mr. George alights, and looking in at the window, says, What, Mr. Tulkinghorn's your man, is he? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
亚伯整理