aflight

English

Etymology

a- +‎ flight.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈflaɪt/

Adjective

aflight (not comparable)

Flying.
Synonym: in flight
- 1874, Ambrose Bierce (as Dod Grile), “The Legend of Immortal Truth” in Cobwebs, London: “Fun” Office, ca. 1884, p. 114,
  Then, like a rocket set aflight, / She sprang, and streaked it for the light!
- 1930, John R. McMahon, The Wright Brothers, Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 8, p. 150,
  The elderly Pollyana of the infant aviation had photographs of their glider of 1902 aflight at Kitty Hawk.
- 2020, Susanna Clarke, Piranesi, New York: Bloomsbury, Part 2, p. 39,
  […] the Vestibule was full of birds and the birds were all aflight.
Covered or filled (with something flying).
- 1965, A. R. Ammons, “Gain” in Collected Poems, 1951-1971, New York: Norton, p. 199,
  curved attics aflight with / angels
- 1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, New York: William Morrow, Chapter 15, p. 311,
  In the distance the billabong was white with egrets and aflight with ducks;
- 1968, John Irving, Setting Free the Bears, New York: Ballantine Books, 1970, Part 3, p. 362,
  [I] saw a stream of animals, hooved, padded, clawed and dashing, splashing through the ponds for Various Aquatic Birds, setting the night aflight—
Fleeing.
- 1915, Marvin M. Taylor, “The Roll of the War Drums” in Donald Tulloch (ed.), Songs and Poems of the Great World War, Worcester, MA: Davis Press, p. 17,
  Like shepherdless sheep from wolves aflight
- 1964, Allan Vaughan Elston, The Landseekers, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 12, p. 121,
  The five now aflight from Massacre Canyon would have posses beating the bush for them.
(obsolete) Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion.
Synonyms: anxious, distressed, moved, troubled, unsettled
- 1547, uncredited translator, A Simple, and Religious Consultation by Hermann of Wied, London: John Day, “Of the crosse, and aflictions,”
  […] when the crosse, and afliction cometh vpon them, their mynde is aflight, it considereth not that the thynges, whiche it suffereth, be the scourges of Goddes wrath,
- 1817, anonymous (attributed to James Athearn Jones), Hardenbrass and Haverill, London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Volume 2, Chapter 1, p. 7,
  “ […] I dare not leave her without locking the door; for the poor thing is quite aflight, and talks about nothing but guns and swords, and bloody knives, and rapes, and other weapons.”
- 1837, Robert McCracken, “The Indian Excitement” in Original Miscellaneous Poems, Pontiac, Michigan, 2nd ed., p. 47,
  I made this in the night, / When my mind was aflight,

单词	aflight
释义	aflight English Etymology a- +‎ flight. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /əˈflaɪt/ Adjective aflight (not comparable) Flying. Synonym: in flight 1874, Ambrose Bierce (as Dod Grile), “The Legend of Immortal Truth” in Cobwebs, London: “Fun” Office, ca. 1884, p. 114, Then, like a rocket set aflight, / She sprang, and streaked it for the light! 1930, John R. McMahon, The Wright Brothers, Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 8, p. 150, The elderly Pollyana of the infant aviation had photographs of their glider of 1902 aflight at Kitty Hawk. 2020, Susanna Clarke, Piranesi, New York: Bloomsbury, Part 2, p. 39, […] the Vestibule was full of birds and the birds were all aflight. Covered or filled (with something flying). 1965, A. R. Ammons, “Gain” in Collected Poems, 1951-1971, New York: Norton, p. 199, curved attics aflight with / angels 1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, New York: William Morrow, Chapter 15, p. 311, In the distance the billabong was white with egrets and aflight with ducks; 1968, John Irving, Setting Free the Bears, New York: Ballantine Books, 1970, Part 3, p. 362, [I] saw a stream of animals, hooved, padded, clawed and dashing, splashing through the ponds for Various Aquatic Birds, setting the night aflight— Fleeing. 1915, Marvin M. Taylor, “The Roll of the War Drums” in Donald Tulloch (ed.), Songs and Poems of the Great World War, Worcester, MA: Davis Press, p. 17, Like shepherdless sheep from wolves aflight 1964, Allan Vaughan Elston, The Landseekers, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 12, p. 121, The five now aflight from Massacre Canyon would have posses beating the bush for them. (obsolete) Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion. Synonyms: anxious, distressed, moved, troubled, unsettled 1547, uncredited translator, A Simple, and Religious Consultation by Hermann of Wied, London: John Day, “Of the crosse, and aflictions,” […] when the crosse, and afliction cometh vpon them, their mynde is aflight, it considereth not that the thynges, whiche it suffereth, be the scourges of Goddes wrath, 1817, anonymous (attributed to James Athearn Jones), Hardenbrass and Haverill, London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Volume 2, Chapter 1, p. 7, “ […] I dare not leave her without locking the door; for the poor thing is quite aflight, and talks about nothing but guns and swords, and bloody knives, and rapes, and other weapons.” 1837, Robert McCracken, “The Indian Excitement” in Original Miscellaneous Poems, Pontiac, Michigan, 2nd ed., p. 47, I made this in the night, / When my mind was aflight,
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