alight
意味
- (…から)降りる《+from+名》
- 燃えて(burning)
- (…で)輝いて,明るい(aglow)《+with+名》
例文
Some birds alighted on the window sill.
鳥が数羽窓の敷居にとまった。
The bee alighted on the flower.
ミツバチが花にとまった。
His face was alight with joy.
彼の顔は喜びに輝いていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English alighten (“to descend from a place: to dismount, get off; to descend to a place: to arrive or stop (at a place); to land; to drop; to attack; of lightning: to strike; to leap on to, mount; to descend in rank; to cause (someone) to lose rank; to come forth, spring from; to alleviate, relieve; (Christianity) of Jesus: to come down to earth from heaven, become incarnate; to descend (to hell); of the Holy Spirit, angels, miracles, etc.: to descend (from heaven); to descend (upon someone); to appear in a place”) [and other forms], from a merger of: * Old English ālīhtan (“to alight, dismount”), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away, from, off, out’) + līhtan, līehtan (“to descend, ali…