alight

alight 

[əˈlait]

vi.

飞落

A sparrow alighted on the branch.

一只麻雀飞落在树枝上。

adj.

点着的, 照亮的

He wore a face alight with happiness.

他脸上喜气洋洋。

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1.	Cotton sets alight very easily, so no smoking is allowed here.
	棉花易燃，所以这里禁止吸烟。
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2.	He intentionally shone alight through, the curtain to keep me awake.
	他故意让先透过帘子照过来不让我睡。
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3.	Passengers should not alight from the train until it has stopped.
	火车停车以前乘客不应下车。
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4.	Winston Churchill's powerful speech set the whole nation alight with hope.
	温斯顿丘吉尔的有力演讲激起了整个国家的希望。
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5.	At the end of his speech, the speaker set the crowd alight.
	演讲者在演讲结束时使人群兴奋起来。
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6.	If this oil should catch alight, there would be a terrible fire.
	如果石油碰到火星，就会出现可怕的火灾。
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7.	The candles alight in the room made all things withoutdoors loom strange.
	屋里点着的腊烛，于屋外的一切显得朦胧怪异。
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8.	The President's unusually cheerful speech has set the whole nation alight with hope.
	总统异常振奋人心的演讲使全国人民群情激昂，充满希望。
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9.	Two aspects of the Roslin discovery have set the world of biotechnology alight.
	斯林实验室的发现在两个方面轰动了生物技术界。
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10.	When the bus is in motion, it is dangerous to attempt to alight.
	在公共汽车开动时，试图下车是危险的。
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