Alight



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 烧着, 点着; v. ( 从马上或车上) 下来
• ［英］ adj. 烧着, 点着 ( on fire; lit) ; v. ( 从马上或车上) 下来 ( get down from a horse or vehicle)
• ［例］ Passengers should never alight from a moving bus.

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (alighted; also alit; alighting)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ālīhtan, from ā- (perfective prefix) + līhtan to alight — more at abide, light
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. to come down from something (as a vehicle): as
  • a. dismount
  • b. deplane
• 2. to descend from or as if from the air and come to rest ; land, settle
• 3. archaic to come by chance
• • alightment noun

II. adjective

• Date: 15th century
• 1. chiefly British being on fire
• 2. lighted up

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