火柴立刻燃着。用英语怎么说？

火柴立刻燃着。

The match caught instantly.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

match

n. 比赛，对手，相配的人（或物），火柴；vt. 相同，适应，使较量，使等同于；vt.& vi. 使相配，使相称；

例句
To go ahead with the match after such clear advice had been asking for trouble.
都劝说得这么明白了还要继续比赛，这简直就是自讨苦吃。

caught

v. 赶上( catch的过去式和过去分词 )，接住，引起，看见；

例句
The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.
那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物时被逮个正着。

instantly

adv. 立即，马上，立刻，马上地，即刻地，立即地；conj. 一…就；

例句
The proposal was instantly voted through with two to one in favour, accompanied by enthusiastic applause...
在热烈的掌声中，提案以2比1的优势很快通过了表决。