alight

adj.

1. 燃烧；着火
   on fire
   1. A cigarette set the dry grass alight .
      一支香烟把干草点燃了。
   2. Her dress caught alight in the fire.
      她的衣服让火烧着了。
2. 容光焕发；兴奋
   showing a feeling of happiness or excitement

verb

1. 降落；飞落
   to land in or on sth after flying to it
2. 从（公共汽车、火车等）下来
   to get out of a bus, a train or other vehicle
   1. Do not alight from a moving bus.
      公共汽车行驶时不要下车。

1. ADJ 燃烧着的；点亮着的
   If something is alight, it is burning.
   1. Several buildings were set alight...
      几幢大楼着了火。
   2. The gas fire was still alight.
      燃气引起的大火还在熊熊燃烧。
2. ADJ （脸色、眼神因激动、高兴）熠熠放光的，闪闪发亮的
   If someone's eyes are alight or if their face is alight, the expression in their eyes or on their face shows that they are feeling a strong emotion such as excitement or happiness.
   1. Her eyes were alight with a girlish enjoyment of life...
      她的眼睛闪闪发亮，闪烁着少女般的幸福和满足。
   2. She paused and turned, her face alight with happiness.
      她停住转过身，脸上洋溢着幸福。
3. VERB （鸟或昆虫）飞落，降落
   If a bird or insect alights somewhere, it lands there.
   1. A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree.
      一只鸫落在松树的树枝上。
4. VERB 下（火车、公共汽车等）
   When you alight from a train, bus, or other vehicle, you get out of it after a journey.
   1. Two men alighted from the vehicle.
      两个男人从车上下来。
5. VERB 偶然发现;偶然想到;突然对…产生兴趣
   If someone alights on something, they suddenly see it, think of it, or take an interest in it.
   1. He would then suddenly alight on the tune he really wanted to play.
      他常会在那时突然想起他真正想弹的曲子。

1. Several buildings were set alight
   几幢大楼着了火。
2. The gas fire was still alight.
   燃气引起的大火还在熊熊燃烧。
3. Her eyes were alight with a girlish enjoyment of life
   她的眼睛闪闪发亮，闪烁着少女般的幸福和满足。
4. She paused and turned, her face alight with happiness.
   她停住转过身，脸上洋溢着幸福。
5. A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree.
   一只鸫落在松树的树枝上。
6. Two men alighted from the vehicle.
   两个男人从车上下来。
7. He would then suddenly alight on the tune he really wanted to play.
   他常会在那时突然想起他真正想弹的曲子。
8. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
   他们中第一个下来的人急急忙忙地快步向我走来。
9. There are many people who “ the moment they alight from the official carriage ” make a hullabaloo.
   有许多人“下车伊始”，就哇喇哇喇地发议论。
10. Passengers for Lanzhou alight at Nanjing.
    去兰州的乘客在南京下车。
11. The room was very hot, for the stove had been alight all day and the windows were seldom opened.
    因为炉子整天烧着，而窗户又很少开的缘故，屋子里非常热。
12. His glassy eyes and his ashy face were alight in an instant.
    他那没光的眼睛和苍白的脸，登时就神采奕奕。
13. A stuntman has set the new world record for being a human torch after set alight by his wife.
    一个特技演员在妻子帮助点燃后，保持全身燃烧状态的时长创造了新的世界纪录。
14. Fiery Arrow: This ( magically) flaming arrow sets targets alight.
    火焰箭：这种（在魔法作用下）燃烧着的箭头可以把目标点燃。
15. Return all the chicken to the pan, pour over the brandy and set alight.
    归还所有的鸡锅，倒在白兰地和纵火焚烧。
16. A cigarette set the dry grass alight. What do he do at about 9:30?
    香烟把干草点着了。9点半左右他干了什么？
17. A fire started in the roof and soon all the house was alight.
    火从屋顶烧着了，很快整个房子烧着了。
18. The birds couldn't alight on the mats and his head simultaneously.
    鸟儿不可能同时停在垫子和他身上。
19. The car will be waiting for us when we alight from the plane.
    我们下飞机时，汽车将在等我们。
20. In three weeks of protests, roads have been blocked and municipal buildings set alight.
    在为期三周的抗议中，道路被封锁，市政建筑被点燃。
21. Her dress caught alight in the gas fire.
    她的衣服让煤气炉烧著了。
22. This train will terminate there. All passengers please alight at this terminus.
    本班车将以该站为终点站，所有乘客请在该站落车。
23. She poured kerosene over the rubbish and then set it alight.
    他往垃圾倒了煤油，然后让它点燃。
24. Sue began gathering her things together to alight.
    淑动手把东西归拢到一块儿，准备下车了。
25. Whenever I re-set alight for a time of cigarette, perhaps I am to spark a hope;
    每当我重新燃起一根香烟的时间，也许我就是点燃了一个希望；
26. But if you sit down, quietly, it will alight upon you.
    但如果你静静地坐下来，它便会落在你身上。
27. Passengers for Heathrow please alight here.
    到希思罗机场的乘客请在此下飞机。
28. The car was set alight by vandals.
    破坏分子将轿车点着了。
29. Men standing, killed them, and only after being set alight, the bodies fell forward.
    就在被烧着之后，他们的身体向前倒下。

  descend alight dismount【导航词义：下来】

  descend v. 〈正式〉下降，下来

〔辨析〕指人或事物从高处向低处移动。

  alight v. 〈正式〉（从…上）下来

〔辨析〕指人经过一段行程之后，从交通工具上下来，常与介词 from 连用。

  dismount v. 〈正式〉（从…上）下来

〔辨析〕特指从马背、自行车或者摩托车上下来，常与介词 from 连用。

  land alight disembark【导航词义：降落，登陆】

  land v. （使）着陆，降落

〔辨析〕作不及物动词时指飞机、鸟、昆虫等降落或人乘飞机等着陆；作及物动词时指让乘客从飞机或船上下来或卸下装载的货物。

  alight v. 〈正式或文〉飞落；从…上下来

〔辨析〕指鸟或昆虫飞落，常可与 land 换用；指人结束一段旅程、从车、马等交通工具上下来时，常后接介词 from。

  disembark v. 下船（或飞机等）；使登陆，卸（货）

〔辨析〕尤指旅程结束后下船或下飞机；也指使人上岸或卸货。

alight on/upon sth

1. （尤指偶然地）想到，发现，注意到
   to think of, find or notice sth, especially by chance
   1. A cigarette set the dry grass alight .
      一支香烟把干草点燃了。
   2. Her dress caught alight in the fire.
      她的衣服让火烧着了。

adj.

set the world on fire

• 大获成功；引起轰动
  to be very successful and gain the admiration of other people
  1. He's never going to set the world on fire with his paintings.
     他的绘画永远不会引起轰动。

verb

1. come down
   1. the birds alighted

   Synonym:    climb down

2. to come to rest, settle
   1. Misfortune lighted upon him

   Synonym:    lightperch