alight¹

verbTo come to rest on the ground:land, light, set down, settle, touch down.phrasal verb
alight on or upon
Archaic. To find or meet by chance:bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.Idiom: meet up with.

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1. To land or rest upon something. The large black crow alighted on the telephone wire high above the street. As he walked into the room, his eyes alighted upon a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress.2. To arrive at a thought or idea. The engineer alighted on a mathematical solution to the problem he'd been trying to solve all week.See also: alight

alight (up)on someone or something

to land on something; [for a bird or other flying animal] to come to rest on something. (Upon is more formal than on.) A small bird alighted on the branch directly over my head. It alighted upon the branch and began to sing.See also: alight, on

alight on

v.1. To come down and settle on something; land on something: I watch the birds alight on the branches outside my window.2. To discover or arrive at something by chance: The workers alighted on a simple solution to the problem.See also: alight, on

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释义	alight on Thesaurus alight¹ verbTo come to rest on the ground:land, light, set down, settle, touch down.phrasal verb alight on or upon Archaic. To find or meet by chance:bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.Idiom: meet up with. alight on alight (up)on 1. To land or rest upon something. The large black crow alighted on the telephone wire high above the street. As he walked into the room, his eyes alighted upon a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress.2. To arrive at a thought or idea. The engineer alighted on a mathematical solution to the problem he'd been trying to solve all week.See also: alight alight (up)on someone or something to land on something; [for a bird or other flying animal] to come to rest on something. (Upon is more formal than on.) A small bird alighted on the branch directly over my head. It alighted upon the branch and began to sing.See also: alight, on alight on v.1. To come down and settle on something; land on something: I watch the birds alight on the branches outside my window.2. To discover or arrive at something by chance: The workers alighted on a simple solution to the problem.See also: alight, on
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