English-Thai Dictionary

alight

ADJ ซึ่ง กำลัง ลุกโชน อยู่  โชติช่วง  lighted burning sueng-kam-lang-luk-chon-yu

 

alight

ADJ เต็มไปด้วย พลัง  tem-pai-duai-pha-lang

 

alight

V ลง จาก ยานพาหนะ 

 

alight

VI บิน ถลา ลง  ลง จอด  bin-tha-la-long

 

alight

VI ลง จาก พาหนะ  get down get off dismount long-jak-pha-ha-na

 

alight

VI เห็น โดยบังเอิญ  พบ โดยบังเอิญ  hen-doi-bang-oen

 

alight from

PHRV ลง จาก (รถยนต์  รถไฟ หรือ ยานพาหนะ อื่นๆ  ออก  ออกจาก  get on get off get onto get out of let off long-jak

 

alight on

PHRV บินลง มา (นก หรือ แมลง  บิน มา ที่  ลง จาก ท้องฟ้า มาสู่  light on bin-long-ma

 

alight on

PHRV พบ โดยบังเอิญ  happen on phob-doi-bang-oen

 

alight upon

PHRV บินลง มา (นก หรือ แมลง  บิน มา ที่  ลง จาก ท้องฟ้า มาสู่  light on bin-long-ma

 

alight upon

PHRV พบ โดยบังเอิญ  happen on phob-doi-bang-oen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALIGHT

v.i. 1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.
2. To descend and settle; as, a flying bird alights on a tree.
3. To fall or descend and lodge; as, snow alights on a roof.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALIGHT

A *light ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alighted sometimes Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] Etym: [OE. alihten, fr. AS. alihtan; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out ) + lihtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. liht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i.]

 

1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

 

2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

 

3. To come or chance (upon ). [R.]

 

ALIGHT

A *light ", a. Etym: [Pref. a- + light. ]

 

Defn: Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight. " Dickens.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

alight

a light 1 |əˈlīt əˈlaɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a bird ) descend from the air and settle: a lovely blue swallow alighted on a branch. • descend from a train, bus, or other form of transportation: the conductor alights to push the cable car completely around. PHRASAL VERBS alight on find by chance; notice: her eyes alighted on the item in question. ORIGIN Old English ālīhtan, from ā- (as an intensifier ) + līhtan ‘descend ’ (see light 3 ).

 

alight

a light 2 |əˈlaɪt əˈlīt | ▶adverb & adjective on fire; burning: [ as adj. ] : the house was well alight when the firemen arrived | [ as adv. ] : flammable liquid was set alight . • shining brightly: [ as adj. ] : a single lamp was alight | figurative : the boy's face was alight with excitement. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from the phrase on a light (= lighted ) fire .

 

Oxford Dictionary

alight

alight 1 |əˈlʌɪt | ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of place ] formal descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport: visitors should alight at the Fort Road stop. • (of a bird ) descend from the air and settle: one bird alighted on the arm of my chair. PHRASAL VERBS alight on find by chance; notice: her eyes alighted on the item in question. ORIGIN Old English ālīhtan, from ā- (as an intensifier ) + līhtan ‘descend ’ (see light 3 ).

 

alight

alight 2 |əˈlʌɪt | ▶adverb & adjective on fire; burning: [ as adj. ] : the house was alight when the firemen arrived | [ as adv. ] : flammable liquid was set alight . • shining brightly: [ as adj. ] : a single lamp was alight | figurative : the boy's face was alight with excitement. PHRASES set the world alight informal achieve something which causes great excitement and makes one famous. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from the phrase on a light (= lighted ) fire .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

alight

alight 1 verb 1 he alighted from the train: get off, step off, disembark from, pile out of; detrain, deplane; dismount. ANTONYMS get on, board. 2 a swallow alighted on a branch: land, come to rest, settle, perch, light. ANTONYMS fly off.

 

alight

alight 2 adjective 1 the bales of hay were alight: burning, ablaze, aflame, on fire, in flames, blazing; literary afire. 2 her face was alight with laughter: lit up, gleaming, glowing, aglow, ablaze, bright, shining, resplendent, radiant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

alight

alight 1 verb 1 he was the only passenger to alight from the train: get off, step off, get down; dismount, disembark, descend, exit; detrain, deplane; informal pile out. ANTONYMS get on, board. 2 a swallow alighted on a branch: land, come down, come to rest, touch down, light, arrive, descend; settle, perch, roost, sit, rest. ANTONYMS fly off.

 

alight

alight 2 adjective 1 bales of hay were set alight | he kept the fire alight: on fire, ablaze, aflame, in flames, flaming, burning, blazing, raging, fiery, lit, lighted, ignited; literary afire. ANTONYMS extinguished. 2 her face was suddenly alight with laughter: lit up, gleaming, glowing, aglow, ablaze, illuminated, brilliant, bright, shining, radiant, shimmering, sparkling, flashing, dazzling, luminous, incandescent. ANTONYMS dark.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

alight

a light 1 /əláɪt /動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟まれ ｠alit /əlɪ́t /; ～ing 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈鳥 昆虫などが 〉 «…に » 降りて止まる (settle ) «on » .2 (旅を終えて )【乗り物などから 】降りる (get off ) «from » .3 ｟文 ｠ «…を » 偶然見つける [思いつく ] «on , upon » .

 

alight

a light 2 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖be ～〗燃えて ; «…で » 〈顔 瞳が 〉輝いて ; 〈場所が 〉照らされて «with » ▸ set the candle alight ろうそくに火をつける ▸ catch alight 火がつく .