alight

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - verb

1. to come to rest, settle (Freq. 1)
- Misfortune lighted upon him
• Syn:
light, perch
• Hypernyms:
land, set down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. come down
- the birds alighted
• Syn:
climb down
• Hypernyms:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

II - adjective

lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning
- even the car's tires were aflame
- a night aflare with fireworks
- candles alight on the tables
- houses on fire
• Syn:
ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, on fire
• Similar to:
lighted, lit

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p), climb down, light, perch