bright

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Bright sunlight (sense 2) seen at Cerro de la Campana in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
墨西哥索诺拉州埃莫西约市的Cerro de la Campana明亮(义项2)的阳光
  • (標準英音通用美式) 英語發音brītIPA(幫助)/bɹaɪt/
  • 文檔
  • 韻部:-aɪt

词源 1[编辑]

形容词派生自中古英語 bright (光亮的,明亮的;强烈的;闪亮的;辉煌的;(指人)美丽的,面色红润的;极佳的;清晰的;(指视觉)明晰的;(比喻义)无罪过的;开明的) [以及其他形式][1],源自古英語 bryhtbreht (诺森伯兰),字母换位自byrht (盎格鲁)beorht (西萨克逊)berht (明晰的) [以及其他形式],源自原始西日耳曼語 *berht[2],源自原始日耳曼語 *berhtaz (明亮的),最终源自原始印歐語 *bʰerHǵ- (照,使...变白)

名词派生自中古英語 bright (光亮,闪亮;阳光;光),源自bright (形容词)[3]见上文。

英语词的同源词包括阿爾巴尼亞語 bardhë (白的)荷蘭語 brecht (用于人名)冰島語 bjartur (明亮的)立陶宛語 brekšta (破晓)中古愛爾蘭語 brafad (眨眼)挪威語 bjart (光亮的,明晰的)波斯語 برازیدن(barâzidan, 美化;适宜于)北盧里語 بڵێز(bełız, 火焰) 俄語 бре́зжить (brézžitʹ, 破晓;发微光;(比喻义,指希望,思想等)出现,显现)梵語 भ्राजते (bhrājate)低地蘇格蘭語 bricht (明亮的)威爾士語 berth (美丽的) (弃用)

形容词[编辑]

bright (比較級 brighter最高級 brightest)

  1. 明亮的,发光的,闪耀的,照耀的;炫目
    The sky was remarkably bright and blue on that beautiful summer day.
    夏天里的那天,蓝色的天空格外的闪耀夺目
  2. (指光) 的,强烈
    Could you please dim the light? It’s far too bright.
    能把灯调暗点吗?太了。
  3. (指物体,表面等) 反光耀眼的,有光泽
    近義詞: lustrous;亦參見Thesaurus:shiny
    反義詞: dull
  4. (指某空间) 明亮
  5. (指气候或天气) 晴朗
  6. (比喻义)
    1. 显然的,显眼
    2. (指颜色) 鲜亮的,鲜艳
      近義詞: vivid
      反義詞: mutedpale
    3. (指物体,表面) 颜色鲜艳的,多彩
      The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.
      客厅的橙色蓝色相间的墙壁比厨房的单调灰色的墙鲜艳多了。
    4. (指乐器,声音,嗓音) 清晰的,嘹亮的,尖锐
    5. (指房间或地方) 容易造成尖锐回音
    6. (指气味,味道) 明显的,强烈
    7. (指物质) 透明的,澄明的;纯净的,无杂质的;(尤指酒) 纯净的,无悬浮物的,优质
    8. 辉煌的,荣耀的,显赫
      • 1681Charles CottonThe Wonders of the Peake,London: [] Joanna Brome, [], OCLC 1227559269, 頁號16:
        And 'twas the worſt, if not the only ſtain, / I'th' brighteſt Annals of a Female Reign.
        (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    9. 高兴的,开心的;乐观
      近義詞: 參見Thesaurus:happy
      反義詞: 參見Thesaurus:sad
      I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance.
      今天起床心情特别好,好到我跳了支舞。
    10. (指脸,眼睛,笑容等) 高兴的,阳光的,灿烂
      • 1978 10月 19, Mike Batt (歌詞與音樂), “Bright Eyes”, 出自 Fate for Breakfast, 演出者 Art Garfunkel, 出版於 19 January 1979:
        Bright eyes / Burning like fire / Bright eyes / How can you close and fail? / How can the light that burned so brightly / Suddenly burn so pale? / Bright eyes
        (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    11. (指人) 快活的,生机勃勃
    12. (指一段时期) 快乐的,繁荣昌盛
      She has a bright future ahead.
      她前途无量
    13. (指机会,前景等) 光明的,好的
      If he trains hard, his chances of winning the competition are bright.
      他努力训练的话就很有希望能赢得那场竞赛。
    14. (指对话,发言,写作等) 巧妙的,机智的,聪明
    15. 机智的,聪明
      近義詞: 參見Thesaurus:intelligent
      反義詞: 參見Thesaurus:stupid
      She’s very bright. She was able to solve the problem without my help.
      她很聪明,不需要我帮忙就解决了那个问题。
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      • 2013年8月3日,“Revenge of the nerds: An explosion of start-ups is changing finance for the better”,出自 The Economist[1],卷號408,期號8847,London:Economist Group, ISSN 0013-0613, OCLC 805074337, archived from the original on 3 August 2013:
        Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
        (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    16. (古舊)
      1. (指眼睛) 视力好的,锐利
      2. 显然
    17. (音樂, 指旋律,节奏) 轻快的,愉快
  7. (冶金學, 指金属或表面) 无防腐蚀覆盖
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名词[编辑]

bright (複數 brights)

  1. (古舊或書面)
    1. 明亮
      近義詞: brightness
      • 1667John Milton,“Book III”,出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books,London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [],London:Basil Montagu Pickering [],1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 372 and 377–381:
        Thee Father firſt they ſung Omnipotent, / [] when thou ſhad'ſt / The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud / Drawn round about thee like a radiant Shrine, / Dark with exceſſive bright thy ſkirts appeer, / Yet dazle Heav'n, []
        (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    2. (比喻) 华丽壮丽
      近義詞: glorysplendour
  2. (主要用复数) (尤指商品)颜色鲜亮的东西
  3. 人文主义者,信奉自然主义世界观的人
    近義詞: humanistnonsupernaturalist
    反義詞: supersupernaturalist
    下位詞: atheist
    • 2003年6月20日,Richard Dawkins,“The future looks bright”,出自Alan Rusbridger編, The Guardian[2],London:Guardian News & Media, ISSN 0261-3077, OCLC 229952407, archived from the original on 22 March 2021:
      Brights constitute 60% of American scientists, and a stunning 93% of those scientists good enough to be elected to the elite National Academy of Sciences (equivalent to Fellows of the Royal Society) are brights.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    • 2006Daniel C[lement] Dennett,“Breaking Which Spell?”,出自 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon,New York, N.Y.:Viking, →ISBN, part I (Opening Pandora’s Box), section 5 (Religion as a Natural Phenomenon), 頁號27:
      Many of us brights have devoted considerable time and energy at some point in our lives to looking at the arguments for and against the existence of God, and many brights continue to pursue these issues, hacking away vigorously at the arguments of believers as if they were trying to refute a rival scientific theory. But not I.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    • 2008 April,David Aikman,“The Attack of the Four Horsemen”,出自 The Delusion of Disbelief: Why the New Atheism is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness,Carol Stream, Ill.:SaltRiver, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, 頁號28:
      [Richard] Dawkins has received appreciative letters from people who were formerly what he derisively calls "faith-heads" who have abandoned their delusions and come over to the side of the brights, the pleasant green pastures where clear-eyed, brave, bold, and supremely brainy atheists graze contentedly.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
  4. (繪畫) 本詞語需要翻譯為漢語。請協助添加,並移除{{rfdef}}模板。

词源 2[编辑]

源自中古英語 brighte (明亮地;(比喻义)极佳地,辉煌地;(指颜色)鲜艳的,清晰地;洪亮地,大声地) [以及其他形式][4],源自古英語 breohtebeorhte (西萨克逊) [以及其他形式],最终源自原始日耳曼語 *berhtaz (明亮的)[5],详见词源 1

副词[编辑]

bright (比較級 more bright最高級 most bright)

  1. (經常書面) 明亮地,照耀地,发光
    近義詞: brightlyglowinglyluminouslylustrously
  2. (比喻)
    1. (指颜色) 明亮地,鲜艳
    2. (古舊, 指视觉,声音,理解力等) 清晰
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词源 3[编辑]

源自中古英語 brighten (照亮;变亮;破晓;(比喻义)净化,纯化;解释,阐明) [以及其他形式][6],源自古英語 beorhtian (照亮,照耀;发声清晰洪亮) [以及其他形式],可能源自beorht (明亮的, 形容词)(详见词源 1) + -ian (从形容词和名词构成动词的后缀)。该词之后的使用可能亦直接派生自形容词。[7]

动词[编辑]

bright (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 brights,現在分詞 brighting,一般過去時及過去分詞 brighted) (, 英國英語方言)

  1. (及物, 常后接up) 照亮
  2. (及物, 比喻义, 常后接up) 使...开心,让...乐观,给...带来活力
    近義詞: embrighten(给...活力) enlivendelightgladden(使...开心,取悦) please
    • 1686J[ohn] Goad,“The Sun, the Great Light, Justly Admired. []”,出自 Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and Large Significant Discourses of the Natures and Influences of the Cœlestial Bodies; [],2nd edition,London: [] O[badiah] B[lagrave] and sold by John Sprint, [],出版年份1699, OCLC 165733172, book I, § 2, 頁號14:
      Toward Mid-day he [the Sun] brighteth the Air into a chearful Saphir, and guildeth the Borders of the very Clouds with a coſtly limbus.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
  3. (不及物, 亦比喻义) (变得符合形容词的多个义项)
    近義詞: brighten
    • 1915,Keith Ringkamp編, The Patience Worth Record,卷號I,[Morrisville, N.C.]:Lulu.com,出版年份2008, →ISBN, 頁號238:
      Day brighteth at the smile o' her and yea, He hath aplanted full o' seed for harvesting by thy loving.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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参考资料[编辑]

  1. bright, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. 对比“bright, adj. and n.”, OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “bright, adj. and n.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  3. bright, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  4. brighte, adv.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  5. 对比“bright, adv.”, OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “bright, adv.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  6. bright, v.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  7. 对比“bright, v.”, OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020

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