bright

英 [bra?t] 美[bra?t]

反義詞

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復數:?brights;比較級:?brighter;最高級:?brightest;副詞:?brightly;名詞:?brightness;

bright 明亮的

來自PIE *bhereg, 明亮，發光。詞源同burn.

bright: bright: [OE] Bright is a word of ancient origins, going back to Indo-European *bhereg-, which has produced a range of words with the same general meaning in a range of Indo-European languages (for example Sanskrit bhrājate ‘shine’). The Germanic derivative was *berkhtaz, which produced a number of offspring amongst the early Germanic languages, including Old English beorht, Old High German beraht, and Old Norse bjartr, all now lost except English bright.
bright (adj.): Old English bryht, by metathesis from beorht "bright; splendid; clear-sounding; beautiful; divine," from Proto-Germanic *berhta- "bright" (cognates: Old Saxon berht, Old Norse bjartr, Old High German beraht, Gothic bairhts "bright"), from PIE root *bhereg- "to gleam, white" (cognates: Sanskrit bhrajate "shines, glitters," Lithuanian breksta "to dawn," Welsh berth "bright, beautiful"). Meaning "quick-witted" is from 1741.

1. A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.: 明亮的流星，或者說隕石，是番難忘的景象。

2. Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright.: 熒光燈閃了幾下，接著屋子里豁然大亮，刺得人睜不開眼。

3. Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.: 福特公司想出了一絕妙的主意：付給工人足夠的薪水去購買汽車。

4. Both had successful careers and the future looked bright.: 兩個人都事業有成，前程似錦。

5. He was diagnosed as severely dyslexic but extraordinarily bright.: 他被診斷患有嚴重的閱讀困難癥，但是卻絕頂聰明。