Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - alight(2)
Alight(2)
alight(2)
predic.adj. 1 on fire; burning (they set theold shed alight; is the fire still alight?). 2 lighted up; excited (eyes alight with expectation). [ME, prob. f. phr. on a light (= lighted) fire]