| 单词 | to set alight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set alight On fire; in or into flames. Esp. in to set alight. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adverb] > burning or on fire afirec1275 alight1770 1770 G. S. Carey Analects in Verse & Prose I. 168 'Tis you must quench the burning fire, You set it first alight. 1834 Standard 16 Oct. 1/2 Her clothes caught alight, and she was instantly enveloped in flames. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xx. 227 To set alight the devotion of the worshippers. 1915 Jrnl. 48th National Encampment Grand Army of Republic 264 You kindled alight again the fires of liberty that had almost become extinguished. 1966 Observer 13 Feb. 40/4 A bar which..is sometimes soaked in spirit and set alight. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare iii. 65 The oil wells which were set alight in the last week of the war. < as lemmas |
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