alight
US: /əˈɫaɪt/
UK: /ɐlˈaɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
alight /ə'lait/- tính từ
- cháy, bùng cháy, bốc cháy
- to set something alight: đốt cháy cái gì
- to keep the fire alight: giữ cho ngọc lửa cháy
- bừng lên, sáng lên, rạng lên, ngời lên
- faces alight with delight: mặt ngời lên niềm hân hoan
- cháy, bùng cháy, bốc cháy
- nội động từ
- xuống, bước cuống (ngựa, ôtô, xe lửa...)
- hạ xuống, đậu xuống, đỗ xuống (từ trên không) (máy bay, chim...)
- to light on ones's feet
- đặt chân xuống đất trước (khi ngã hay nhảy)
- (nghĩa bóng) tránh được tổn thất, tránh được tai hại
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb+ adjective [not before noun]
1 on fire: A cigarette set the dry grass alight. + A car was overturned and set alight. + Her dress caught alight in the fire.
2 (written) (of faces or eyes) showing a feeling of happiness or excitement: The children's faces were alight with enthusiasm.
Idioms see WORLD
+ verb [V] (formal or literary)
1 ~ (in / on / upon sth) (of a bird or an insect) to land in or on sth after flying to it
2 ~ (from sth) to get out of a bus, a train or other vehicle
Synonym: GET OFF
Do not alight from a moving bus.
Phrasal Verbs: alight on / upon sth to think of, find or notice sth, especially by chance: Eventually, we alighted on the idea of seeking sponsorship. + Her eyes suddenly alighted on the bundle of documents.
Collocation
1 burning
VERBS
be | catch
His clothing caught alight.
| remain, stay
hoping that the fire would remain alight overnight
| set sth
The building had been set alight by the killer.
| keep sth
The fires had to be kept alight each night.
ADV.
well
The fire should be well alight by now.
2 excited
VERBS
be
PHRASES
alight with excitement/laughter/pleasure
The children's eyes were alight with excitement.
Concise dictionary
alights|alighted|alighting|alitə'laɪtverb
+to come to rest, settle
+come down
adj.
+lighted up by or as by fire or flame
