strike a light

短语

n. 打火器

词形变化

stricken a light strikes a light 三单 strikes a light striking a light struck a light striking a light 现在分词 struck a light 过去式 struck a light 过去分词 stricken a light 过去式 stricken a light 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).

    习语

    1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear, London: E. Flesher, Act 3, p. 36, Look I have Flint and Steel, the Implements Of wandring Lunaticks, I’ll strike a Light, And make a Fire beneath this Shed, to dry Thy Storm-drencht Garments, e’re thou Lie to rest thee;

    1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 3rd edition, 1821, Volume 2, Chapter 8, pp. 129-130, While the one struck a light with a flint and steel, the other disposed the charcoal in the large rusty grate which we have already mentioned, and exercised the bellows until the fuel came to a red glow.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Expressing surprise.

    英国 过时 非正式

    Cor, strike a light! Did you see him jump into the river?