alight
单词辨析：
指人或事物从高处向低处移动。
The old lady slowly descended the stairs.
这位老太太慢慢走下台阶。
He descended the ladder with the help of his mother.
在妈妈的帮助下，他从梯子上爬了下来。
The sun descended behind the hills.
太阳下山了。
指人经过一段行程之后，从交通工具上下来，常与介词 from 连用。
The visitors alighted from the airplane.
游客们下了飞机。
We arrived just as he alighted from the train.
他刚下火车，我们就到了。
特指从马背、自行车或者摩托车上下来，常与介词 from 连用。
He dismounted from his motorcycle.
他从摩托车上下来了。
She dismounted and took the horse's bridle.
她下了马，拉着马笼头。
作不及物动词时指飞机、鸟、昆虫等降落或人乘飞机等着陆；作及物动词时指让乘客从飞机或船上下来或卸下装载的货物。
The plane will land in five minutes.
飞机将在5分钟后降落。
The passengers were landed safely.
乘客安全着陆了。
指鸟或昆虫飞落，常可与 land 换用；指人结束一段旅程、从车、马等交通工具上下来时，常后接介词 from。
A bird alighted/landed on a branch of the pine tree.
一只鸟落在松树的树枝上。
Alight here for Buckingham Palace.
去白金汉宫的在此下车。
He alighted from the train at 14th Street.
他在第14大街下了火车。
尤指旅程结束后下船或下飞机；也指使人上岸或卸货。
The soldiers began to disembark.
士兵们开始登陆。
The plane disembarked its passengers at the airport.
飞机在机场下客。
相关例句：
A cigarette set the dry grass alight. What do he do at about 9:30?
香烟把干草点着了。9点半左右他干了什么？
Men standing, killed them, and only after being set alight, the bodies fell forward.
就在被烧着之后，他们的身体向前倒下。
The birds couldn't alight on the mats and his head simultaneously.
鸟儿不可能同时停在垫子和他身上。
A stuntman has set the new world record for being a human torch after set alight by his wife.
一个特技演员在妻子帮助点燃后，保持全身燃烧状态的时长创造了新的世界纪录。
She paused and turned, her face alight with happiness.
她停住转过身，脸上洋溢着幸福。
Fiery Arrow: This ( magically) flaming arrow sets targets alight.
火焰箭：这种（在魔法作用下）燃烧着的箭头可以把目标点燃。