2012年2月9日 · The meaning of ALIGHT is to come down from something (such as a vehicle). How to use alight in a sentence.

ALIGHTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of alight 2. to get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus…. Learn more.

Definition of alight verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive] alight (in/on/upon something) (of a bird or an insect) to land in or on something after flying to it. A …

One does not talk about alighting from a bus. The formula remains arid and abstract and never alights upon a particular set of circumstances, which is exactly what will happen in this case. …

To come down and settle, as after flight: "A swarm of black birds flew across the road and alighted in a pecan tree" (Ernest J. Gaines). 2. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen …

To get down or off; dismount. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount. The queen alighted from the carriage. To come down after flight; descend and settle. To come by chance. Alight on a …

Her eye/eyes alighted on a strange man in the crowd. The sky was alight with stars. The children laughed, their eyes alight. Enemy soldiers set the building alight.