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Что (кто) такое alight - определение

INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT, NONSECTARIAN ORGANIZATION

American Refugee Committee

Найдено результатов: 11

alight

v. n.

1.

Stop or rest (after flight), perch, drop, settle, lodge.

2.

Dismount, descend, get down.

Alight

·vi To come or chance (upon).

II. Alight ·adj Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.

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

IV. Alight ·vi To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to Dismount.

alight

alight¹

¦ verb

1. (of a bird) descend from the air and settle.

2. formal descend from public transport.

3. (alight on) chance to notice.

Origin

OE alihtan, from a- (as an intensifier) + lihtan 'descend' (see light³).

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alight²

¦ adverb & adjective

1. on fire.

2. shining brightly.

Origin

ME: prob. from the phr. on a light (= lighted) fire.

alight

v. (formal) (D; intr.) to alight from (to alight from a vehicle)

alight

(alights, alighting, alighted)

1.

If something is alight, it is burning.

Several buildings were set alight...

= ablaze

ADJ: v n ADJ, v-link ADJ

2.

If someone's eyes are alight or if their face is alight, the expression in their eyes or on their face shows that they are feeling a strong emotion such as excitement or happiness. (LITERARY)

She paused and turned, her face alight with happiness.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n

3.

If a bird or insect alights somewhere, it lands there. (LITERARY)

A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree.

VERB: V prep/adv

4.

When you alight from a train, bus, or other vehicle, you get out of it after a journey. (FORMAL)

= get off

VERB

Alighting

TRANSITION FROM BEING IN FLIGHT TO BEING ON A SURFACE

Landings; Alighting; Landing (aviation); Propulsive landing; 🛬; Airplane landing

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Alight.

Alighted

·Impf & ·p.p. of Alight.

alight from

Get off, get out of.

alight on

chance to notice.

Three Birds Alighting on a Field

Three Birds Alighting on a Field is a 1991 play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Set in the 1980s, it tells the story of various characters associated with a failing art gallery and an opera house, and their attempts to improve their prestige.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Birds_Alighting_on_a_Field

Википедия

Alight

Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years.

In 2011, Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti. Alight provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, and protection to help survivors of war and natural disasters to rebuild their lives with dignity, health care, security, and self-sufficiency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alight