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单词 dight
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Definition of dight in English:

dight

adjectivedʌɪtdīt
archaic
  • Clothed or equipped.

    〈古〉着装的;装备了的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Oft he had seene her faire, but never so faire dight.
verb dʌɪtdīt
[with object]literary
  • 1Make ready for a use or purpose; prepare.

    〈诗/文〉使准备就绪;准备

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the gospel of Saint Luke it is written, that when our Lord was in the house of Martha her sister, all the time that Martha made her busy about the dighting of His meat, Mary her sister sat at His feet.
    • Then the Lady Guinevere, greatly marvelling, aroused herself right quickly, and, dighting herself with all speed, went with the damsel unto that casement window which looked out into that part of the garden.
    • This palace was hung with fine tapestry and arrasses of silk and dighted with fine glass windows in all directions.
    • But the next spring he dights his ship for Denmark, and there he was for another winter, and was well beholden withal, though tidings be not told thereof.
    1. 1.1Northern English, Scottish Wipe clean or dry.
      〈苏格兰,北英格兰〉擦净,弄干
      take a cloth and dight it up

      拿块布把它擦干净。

      Synonyms
      rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab
    2. 1.2Northern English, Scottish Winnow (corn).
      〈苏格兰,北英格兰〉扬(谷)

Origin

Middle English: past participle of archaic dight 'order, deal with', based on Latin dictare 'compose (in language), order'. The wide and varied use of the word in Middle English is reflected dialectally.

Rhymes

affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, 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

Definition of dight in US English:

dight

adjectivedīt
archaic
  • Clothed or equipped.

    〈古〉着装的;装备了的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Oft he had seene her faire, but never so faire dight.
verbdīt
[with object]literary
  • Make ready for a use or purpose; prepare.

    〈诗/文〉使准备就绪;准备

    let the meal be dighted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This palace was hung with fine tapestry and arrasses of silk and dighted with fine glass windows in all directions.
    • But the next spring he dights his ship for Denmark, and there he was for another winter, and was well beholden withal, though tidings be not told thereof.
    • In the gospel of Saint Luke it is written, that when our Lord was in the house of Martha her sister, all the time that Martha made her busy about the dighting of His meat, Mary her sister sat at His feet.
    • Then the Lady Guinevere, greatly marvelling, aroused herself right quickly, and, dighting herself with all speed, went with the damsel unto that casement window which looked out into that part of the garden.

Origin

Middle English: past participle of archaic dight ‘order, deal with’, based on Latin dictare ‘compose (in language), order’. The wide and varied use of the word in Middle English is reflected dialectally.

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