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| ลอย laawyM | ![]() |
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| 1. | [is] floating; transient |
| 2. | to float, to set afloat or adrift; to waft through (the air) |
| 3. | [of planes] to fly up into the air |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ลอย |
| IPA | lɔːj |
| Royal Thai General System | loi |
| 1.  [adjective] | |||
| definition | [is] floating; transient | ||
| examples | ใจลอย![]() ![]() | jaiM laawyM | absent-minded; daydreaming |
สะพานลอย![]() ![]() | saL phaanM laawyM | traffic bridge; pedestrian crossover; flyover | |
ลอยฟ้า![]() ![]() | laawyM faaH | floating in the sky | |
บัวลอย![]() | buaaM laawyM | floating lotus | |
ขนมบัวลอย![]() | khaL nohmR buaaM laawyM | a [type of Thai] sweetmeat | |
หลักลอย![]() | lakL laawyM | [is] homeless; vagrant; unsettled | |
แผงลอย![]() | phaaengR laawyM | temporary (vendor's) booth; transient stand | |
บ่อนลอยน้ำ![]() | baawnL laawyM naamH | casino aboard a ship | |
ไร่เลื่อนลอย![]() | raiF leuuanF laawyM | mobile plantations; slash and burn agriculture | |
เลื่อนลอย![]() | leuuanF laawyM | groundless; indefinite | |
โคมลอย![]() | kho:hmM laawyM | balloon; hot-air balloon; lighter-than-air craft | |
โคมลอย![]() | kho:hmM laawyM | floating lantern of a type used in the North during ลอยกระทง![]() | |
โคมลอย![]() | kho:hmM laawyM | groundless; baseless; unfounded; unjustified; idle (c.f. English, "a trial balloon") | |
ข่าวโคมลอย![]() | khaaoL kho:hmM laawyM | rumour; dirt; unfounded news; senseless gossip; groundless news; slander; buzz | |
อวนลอย![]() | uaanM laawyM | [fishing] drift net | |
อวนลอยกลางน้ำ![]() | uaanM laawyM glaangM naamH | [fishing] drift gill net | |
อย่างขาดลอย![]() | yaangL khaatL laawyM | definitely; overwhelmingly; absolutely | |
เหม่อลอย![]() | muuhrL laawyM | [is] absent minded; has daydreams | |
ขอนลอย![]() | khaawnR laawyM | driftwood; floating logs | |
ลอยเคว้ง![]() | laawyM khwengH | to drift; float around aimlessly | |
เลื่อนลอย![]() | leuuanF laawyM | to drift; float around | |
ลอยเคว้งคว้าง![]() | laawyM khwengH khwaangH | to float | |
| sample sentences | หลายเผ่าด้วยกันทำเกษตรด้วยวิธีทำไร่เลื่อนลอย อันเป็นวิธีที่เหมาะกับสังคมของเขา ![]() laaiR phaoL duayF ganM thamM gaL saehtL duayF wiH theeM thamM raiF leuuanF laawyM anM bpenM wiH theeM theeF mawL gapL sangR khohmM khaawngR khaoR "Many tribes employ slash and burn agricultural methods which are appropriate to their social structure." | ||
เรือเหาะหมายความว่าโพยมยานอย่างหนึ่งลอยตัวโดยการใช้แก๊สที่เบากว่าอากาศเข้าไปในทุ่น ![]() reuuaM hawL maaiR khwaamM waaF phaH yo:hmM yaanM yaangL neungL laawyM dtuaaM dooyM gaanM chaiH gaaetH theeF baoM gwaaL aaM gaatL khaoF bpaiM naiM thoonF "The word เรือเหาะ means one type of airship or balloon which hovers or floats by means of a lighter-than-air gas inserted into a bag or container." | |||
ลุงใสแหงนมองฟ้า เมฆสีเทาลอยปกคลุมเหมือนสามสี่วันที่ผ่านมา ฝนตกแรงบ้างเบาบ้าง ![]() ![]() loongM saiR ngaaenR maawngM faaH maehkF seeR thaoM laawyM bpohkL khloomM meuuanR saamR seeL wanM theeF phaanL maaM fohnR dtohkL raaengM baangF baoM baangF "Uncle Sai looked up at the sky; grayish clouds scudded past as they had for the past three or four days, [bringing] alternatively heavy and light rains." | |||
2.  | |||
| definition | to float, to set afloat or adrift; to waft through (the air) | ||
| antonym | จมดิ่ง![]() | johmM dingL | to submerge; sink |
| examples | กระเช้าลอยฟ้า![]() ![]() | graL chaoH laawyM faaH | chair lift |
ลอยขึ้น![]() ![]() | laawyM kheunF | to climb | |
ไข่ลอยน้ำ![]() | khaiL laawyM naamH | poached egg | |
ลิ่วลอย![]() ![]() | liuF laawyM | to float in the air | |
ลอยกระทง![]() | laawyM graL thohngM | Loi Kratong, Loy Krathong, a Thai festival and ceremony of Brahmin origin celebrated throughout the nation on the full moon night of November each year by floating กระทง onto the local rivers or canals to ask for forgiveness from the River Goddess Ganges (พระแม่คงคา ) for having polluted her in the past and to express gratitude toward her for giving everyone water | |
ลอยละล่อง![]() | laawyM laH laawngF | to drift; float; wander; waft along | |
ลอยตัว![]() | laawyM dtuaaM | float; have no obligation | |
ลอยนวล![]() | laawyM nuaanM | [is] at large; free; free to go; unencumbered; unhampered; scott free | |
ลอยนวล![]() | laawyM nuaanM | to get off scott-free; to get off without a penalty | |
ล่องลอย![]() | laawngF laawyM | to float; drift; bob; sail; glide; move gently; slip along; slide | |
ลอยน้ำ![]() | laawyM naamH | to drift; float | |
ลอยแพ![]() | laawyM phaaeM | to lay off; abandon; dismiss; sack | |
ลอยแพ![]() | laawyM phaaeM | [is] adrift on a raft; adrift | |
ลอยแพ![]() | laawyM phaaeM | to float on a raft | |
ล่องลอย![]() | laawngF laawyM | [is] drifting; uncertain | |
ลอยหน้า![]() | laawyM naaF | to sprinkle on top | |
ลอยหน้าลอยตา![]() | laawyM naaF laawyM dtaaM | to move the head from side to side while talking | |
ลอยหน้า![]() | laawyM naaF | to waggle one's head; move the head from side to side while talking | |
ลอยชาย![]() | laawyM chaaiM | leisurely; casually | |
เลิศลอย![]() | leertF laawyM | lofty; extravagant | |
อย่างเลิศลอย![]() | yaangL leertF laawyM | loftily; highly | |
| sample sentences | เขาได้ยินเสียงโหยหวน ลอยมาตามลมยามดึก แต่คิดว่าคงจะหูฝาดไปเอง ![]() ![]() khaoR daiF yinM siiangR hooyR huaanR laawyM maaM dtaamM lohmM yaamM deukL dtaaeL khitH waaF khohngM jaL huuR faatL bpaiM aehngM "His ears caught a faint, eerie and painful groan wafting through the midnight air, but he thought that he might probably be mishearing." | ||
| as a suffix | ทุ่นลอย | thoonF laawyM | buoy; float |
| 3.  [verb] | |||
| definition | [of planes] to fly up into the air | ||

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