释义 |
aright /əˈrʌɪt /adverb dialectCorrectly; properly: I wondered if I’d heard aright...- The report was a window into our boy, in an environment where we are not readily to hand to lean on or put things aright or correct him.
- To hear it aright you must stand in the darkness of such a by-street as this, and for the moment be at one with those who dwell around.
- If I understand it aright, objective calculation and measurement take their cue from - and ultimately serve - circumspective involvement in the world.
Origin Old English on riht, ariht (see a-2 'in', right). Rhymes affright, alight, alright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write |