[with obj.](poetic/literary)make ready for a use or purpose; prepare (诗/文)使准备就绪;准备 this Queen of the many wooers dights the wedding for us then. 那时这位许多人追求的女王为我们准备了婚礼。 ■(Scottish & N. English)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。 ■(Scottish & N. English)winnow (corn) (苏格兰,北英格兰)扬(谷)
语源
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