alight, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

alight (alights 3rd person present) (alighting present participle) (alighted past tense & past participle )

1 adj If something is alight, it is burning.
v n ADJ, v-link ADJ (=ablaze)
Several buildings were set alight...

2 adj 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.
LITERARY v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n
She paused and turned, her face alight with happiness.

3 verb If a bird or insect alights somewhere, it lands there.
LITERARY A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree. V prep/adv

4 verb When you alight from a train, bus, or other vehicle, you get out of it after a journey.
FORMAL (=get off)