Dictionary entry

Alight

Pronunciation: /əˈlʌɪt/

Pronunciation

/əˈlʌɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) ဆင်းသည်။ သက်သည်။ (ငှက်) နားသည်။ (adj) လောင် [သော]။ တောက်ပ [သော]။

Definition

alight 1 /ǝ'laÇt/ v ( fml ) ၁။ ~ (from sth) ဆင္းသည္။ သက္သည္။ Passengers should never alight from a moving bus. ၂။ ~ (on sth) (ငွက္) နားသည္။ The sparrow alighted on a nearby branch. ❏ alight on sth [ PHRV ] အမွတ္တမဲ့ ေတြ႕သည္။ (မ်က္စိ) ေရာက္သြားသည္။ My eye alighted on a dusty old book at the back of the shelf. alight 2 /ǝ'laÇt/ adj ၁။ ေလာင္ [ေသာ]။ A cigarette set the dry grass alight. ❍ Her dress caught alight in the fire. ၂။ ေတာက္ပ [ေသာ]။ ( fig ) Their faces were alight with joy.

Examples

  1. [set something alight] : Dozens of cars were set alight.