catch alight

• vt. 燃烧(着火)

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. On the night of November 5th, throughout Britain, bonfires are set alight, effigies are burned, and fireworks are set off.
   在十一月五日的晚上，整个英国都会点起篝火，燃烧肖像，也会发放烟花。
2. On a rubbish dump in a Soviet military training ground near Magdeburg, the officers poured petrol over the cases and set them alight.
   在马格德堡苏军训练基地的一处垃圾存放点，几位克格勃军官将汽油浇到箱子上后放火燃烧。