bright

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英語[編輯]

發音[編輯]

Bright sunlight (sense 2) seen at Cerro de la Campana in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
墨西哥索諾拉州埃莫西約市的Cerro de la Campana里明亮（義項2）的陽光
  • (標準英音、通用美式) 英語發音：brīt、國際音標(幫助)：/bɹaɪt/
  • （通用美式）音頻（文檔）
  • 韻部：-aɪt

詞源 1[編輯]

形容詞派生自中古英語 bright (「光亮的，明亮的；強烈的；閃亮的；輝煌的；（指人）美麗的，面色紅潤的；極佳的；清晰的；（指視覺）明晰的；（比喻義）無罪過的；開明的」) [以及其他形式][1]，源自古英語 bryht、breht (諾森伯蘭)，字母換位自byrht (盎格魯)、beorht (西薩克遜)、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」)，最終源自原始印歐語 *bʰerHǵ- (「照，使...變白」)。

名詞派生自中古英語 bright (「光亮，閃亮；陽光；光」)，源自bright (形容詞)：[3]見上文。

英語詞的同源詞包括阿爾巴尼亞語 bardhë (「白的」)、荷蘭語 brecht (用於人名)、冰島語 bjartur (「明亮的」)、立陶宛語 brekšta (「破曉」)、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；適宜於」)、北盧里語 بڵێز (bełız, 「火焰」) 俄語 бре́зжить (brézžitʹ, 「破曉；發微光；（比喻義，指希望，思想等）出現，顯現」)、梵語 भ्राजते (bhrājate)、低地蘇格蘭語 bricht (「明亮的」)、威爾士語 berth (「美麗的」) (棄用)。

形容詞[編輯]

bright (比較級 brighter, 最高級 brightest)

  1. 明亮的，發光的，閃耀的，照耀的；炫目的
    The sky was remarkably bright and blue on that beautiful summer day.
    夏天裡的那天，藍色的天空格外的閃耀奪目。
    • 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, 「At a Solemn Musick」, 出自 Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC，頁號 22:
      Where the bright Seraphim in burning row / Their loud up-lifted Angel trumpets blow; / And the Cherubick hoſt in thouſand quires / Touch their immortal Harps of golden wires, […]
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    • 1667, John Milton, 「Book III」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC，行號s 372 and 381–382:
      Thee Father firſt they ſung Omnipotent, / […] that brighteſt Seraphim / Approach not, but with both their wings veil thir eyes.
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    • 1897, Bram Stoker, 「Cutting from 『The Dailygraph,』 8 August (Pasted in Mina Murray’s Journal.)」, 出自 Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC，頁號 95:
      There were very few people about, and though the sun was bright, and the air clear and fresh, the big, grim-looking waves, that seemed dark themselves because the foam that topped them was like snow, forced themselves in through the narrow mouth of the harbour—like a bullying man going through a crowd.
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  2. (指光) 亮的，強烈的
    Could you please dim the light? It’s far too bright.
    能把燈調暗點嗎？太亮了。
  3. (指物體，表面等) 反光而耀眼的，有光澤的
    近義詞： lustrous；亦參見Thesaurus:shiny
    反義詞： dull
  4. (指某空間) 明亮的
  5. (指氣候或天氣) 晴朗的
    • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, 「Barnaby Rudge」, 出自 Master Humphrey’s Clock, 卷 III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, chapter 77，頁號 392:
      [H]e felt the influence of the bright sky, and looked up smiling into its deep unfathomable blue.
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    • 1910, Emerson Hough, 「A Lady in Company」, 出自 The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC，頁號 6:
      Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
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  6. (比喻義)
    1. 顯然的，顯眼的
      • 1961 11月 10, Joseph Heller, 「The Soldier in White」, 出自 Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC，頁號 169:
        They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
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    2. (指顏色) 鮮亮的，鮮艷的
      近義詞： vivid
      反義詞： muted、pale
    3. (指物體，表面) 顏色鮮艷的，多彩的
      The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.
      客廳的橙色藍色相間的牆壁比廚房的單調灰色的牆鮮艷多了。
    4. (指樂器，聲音，嗓音) 清晰的，嘹亮的，尖銳的
    5. (指房間或地方) 容易造成尖銳回音的
    6. (指氣味，味道) 明顯的，強烈的
    7. (指物質) 透明的，澄明的；純淨的，無雜質的；(尤指酒) 純淨的，無懸浮物的，優質的
    8. 輝煌的，榮耀的，顯赫的
      • 1681, Charles Cotton, The Wonders of the Peake, London: […] Joanna Brome, […], →OCLC，頁號 16:
        And 'twas the worſt, if not the only ſtain, / I'th' brighteſt Annals of a Female Reign.
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    9. 高興的，開心的；樂觀的
      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.
      今天起床心情特別好，好到我跳了支舞。
    10. (指臉，眼睛，笑容等) 高興的，陽光的，燦爛的
      • 1978 10月 19, Mike Batt （作曲作詞）, 「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
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    11. (指人) 快活的，生機勃勃的
    12. (指一段時期) 快樂的，繁榮昌盛的
      She has a bright future ahead.
      她前途無量。
    13. (指機會，前景等) 光明的，好的
      If he trains hard, his chances of winning the competition are bright.
      他努力訓練的話就很有希望能贏得那場競賽。
    14. (指對話，發言，寫作等) 巧妙的，機智的，聰明的
    15. 機智的，聰明的
      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.
      她很聰明，不需要我幫忙就解決了那個問題。
      • 1922 February, James Joyce, 「[Episode 16: Eumaeus]」, 出自 Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos]，頁號 573:
        ―Ah, God, Corley replied, sure I couldn't teach in a school, man. I was never one of your bright ones, he added with a half laugh, Got stuck twice in the junior at the Christian Brothers.
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      • 2013 8月 3, 「Revenge of the nerds: An explosion of start-ups is changing finance for the better」, 出自 The Economist‎[1], 卷 408, 期 8847, London: Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC，於3 August 2013歸檔自原頁面:
        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.
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    16. (古舊)
      1. (指眼睛) 視力好的，銳利的
      2. 顯然的
        • 1741, I[saac] Watts, 「The Socratical Way of Disputation」, 出自 The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, paragraph V，頁號 172:
          [T]he Queriſt muſt not proceed too ſwiftly towards the Determination of his Point propos'd, that he may with more Eaſe, with brighter Evidence, and with ſurer Succeſs draw the Learner on to aſſent to thoſe Principles ſtep by ſtep, from whence the final Concluſion will naturally ariſe.
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    17. (音樂，指旋律，節奏) 輕快的，愉快的
  7. (冶金學，指金屬或表面) 無防腐蝕覆蓋層的
衍生詞彙[編輯]

名詞[編輯]

bright (複數 brights)

  1. (古舊或書面)
    1. 明亮
      近義詞： brightness
      • 1667, John Milton, 「Book III」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC，行號s 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, […]
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    2. (比喻義) 華麗，壯麗
      近義詞： glory、splendour
  2. (主要用複數) （尤指商品）顏色鮮亮的東西
  3. 人文主義者，信奉自然主義世界觀的人
    近義詞： humanist、nonsupernaturalist
    反義詞： super、supernaturalist
    下位詞： atheist
    • 2003 6月 20, Richard Dawkins, 「The future looks bright」, 出自 Alan Rusbridger 編, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC，於22 March 2021歸檔自原頁面:
      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.
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    • 2006, Daniel 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.
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    • 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.
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  4. (繪畫) 本詞語需要翻譯為漢語。請協助添加，並移除{{rfdef}}模板。

詞源 2[編輯]

源自中古英語 brighte (「明亮地；（比喻義）極佳地，輝煌地；（指顏色）鮮艷的，清晰地；洪亮地，大聲地」) [以及其他形式][4]，源自古英語 breohte、beorhte (西薩克遜) [以及其他形式]，最終源自原始日耳曼語 *berhtaz (「明亮的」)[5]，詳見詞源 1。

副詞[編輯]

bright (比較級 more bright, 最高級 most bright)

  1. (often，書面) 明亮地，照耀地，發光地
    近義詞： brightly、glowingly、luminously、lustrously
  2. (比喻義)
    1. (指顏色) 明亮地，鮮艷地
    2. (古舊，指視覺，聲音，理解力等) 清晰地
衍生詞彙[編輯]

詞源 3[編輯]

源自中古英語 brighten (「照亮；變亮；破曉；（比喻義）淨化，純化；解釋，闡明」) [以及其他形式][6]，源自古英語 beorhtian (「照亮，照耀；發聲清晰洪亮」) [以及其他形式]，可能源自beorht (「明亮的」, 形容詞)（詳見詞源 1） + -ian (從形容詞和名詞構成動詞的後綴)。該詞之後的使用可能亦直接派生自形容詞。[7]

動詞[編輯]

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) (主，英國方言)

  1. (及物，常後接up) 照亮
  2. (及物，比喻義，常後接up) 使...開心，讓...樂觀，給...帶來活力
    近義詞： embrighten、(給...活力) enliven、delight、gladden、(使...開心，取悅) please
    • 1686, J[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版, London: […] O[badiah] B[lagrave] and sold by John Sprint, […], 出版於 1699, →OCLC, 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.
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  3. (不及物，亦比喻義) （變得符合形容詞的多個義項）
    近義詞： brighten
    • 1915, Keith Ringkamp 編, The Patience Worth Record, 卷 I, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, 出版於 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.
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變位[編輯]
bright的變位
不定式 (to) bright
現在時 過去式
第一人稱單數 bright brighted
第二人稱單數 bright, brightest1 brighted, brightedst1
第三人稱單數 brights, brighteth1 brighted
複數 bright
虛擬語氣 bright
祈使語氣 bright —
分詞 brighting brighted

1古舊或棄用。

參考資料[編輯]

  1. ↑ 「bright, adj.」 in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ↑ 對比「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. ↑ 對比「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. ↑ 對比「bright, v.」, OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020

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