bright

英[braɪt] 美[braɪt]

复数: brights;比较级: brighter;最高级: brightest;副词: brightly;名词: brightness;

bright 明亮的

来自PIE *bhereg, 明亮，发光。词源同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，或者说陨石，是番难忘的景象。

2. Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright.: 荧光灯闪了几下，接着屋子里豁然大亮，刺得人睁不开眼。

3. Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.: 福特公司想出了一绝妙的主意：付给工人足够的薪水去购买汽车。

4. Both had successful careers and the future looked bright.: 两个人都事业有成，前程似锦。

5. He was diagnosed as severely dyslexic but extraordinarily bright.: 他被诊断患有严重的阅读困难症，但是却绝顶聪明。