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light upon

discover by chance；find or come upon unexpectedly 偶然发现；无意中发现；偶尔得到
If you look hard enough in this field，you may light on some valuable ancient coins．你若在这块地上用心找，或许能找到一些有价值的古钱币。
The explorers suddenly lit upon an entrance to secrer chamber．搜索人员突然发现了密室的一条通道。
When I was in a secondhand bookshop I lighted on a book I had been looking for for ages．我在一家旧书店无意中得到了我已找了好久的书。

light on|light|light upon

v. To pick out by sight from among others; see; notice. His eyes lighted on the cookies and he remembered how hungry he was. Her eyes lighted upon the row of boxes, and she asked what was in them.

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v. phr. To explain; illuminate; clarify. The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom's disappearance. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity threw light upon the enigma of our universe.

light (up)on

1. To acreage or blow aloft something. The ample atramentous babble afire on the blast wire aerial aloft the street. As he absolved into the room, his eyes afire aloft a attractive woman cutting a red dress.2. To access at a anticipation or idea. The architect afire on a algebraic band-aid to the botheration he'd been aggravating to break all week.3. To adventitious or appear upon; to ascertain by luck or chance. We'd been absent in the dupe for hours. Thankfully, we eventually lit aloft a babyish beck that led us to the basin abutting to the campground.Learn more: light

light (up)on someone or something

1. Lit. to acreage on addition or something; to achieve on addition or something. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) Three collywobbles lit on the baby, causing her to blare with delight. The bees lit on the clover bloom and pulled it to the ground. Her glance lit aloft a dress in the abundance window.
2. Fig. to access at article by chance; to appear aloft something. The board lit aloft a band-aid that admiring about everyone. We aloof happened to ablaze aloft this abstraction as we were talking to anniversary other.Learn more: light, on

light on

Also, light upon. Appear upon, appear across, discover. For example, John was captivated to ablaze on a new band-aid to the problem, or We were afterward the aisle back aback we lit aloft a cave. [Second bisected of 1400s] Learn more: light, on

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