bright S2 W2 / braɪt / 形容词 ( comparative brighter , superlative brightest )

1 light shining strongly, or with plenty of light :

Her eyes were hurting from the bright lights.

bright sunshine

a large bright room

2 sunny if the weather is bright, the sun is shining and there is a lot of light 反义词 dull :

The weather was bright and sunny.

a bright autumn day

3 intelligent intelligent and able to learn things quickly :

He was an exceptionally bright child.

a bright ambitious young man

4 a bright idea a very good idea – sometimes used ironically (ironic) :

Whose bright idea was this?

He is constantly coming up with bright ideas for making money.

5 colours bright colours are strong and easy to see :

a bright red jumper

I never wear bright colours.

6 cheerful happy and full of energy :

Her voice was bright and cheerful.

She gave him a bright smile.

He looked up at me with bright eyes.

7 successful if the future looks bright, you think that something will be successful 同义词 promising :

The school’s future now looks very bright.

I’m sure the company has a bright future now.

8 as bright as a button very intelligent and full of energy

9 look on the bright side to see the good points in a situation that seems to be bad :

Come on, try to look on the bright side.

10 bright and early very early in the morning :

He was up bright and early, keen to get started.

11 bright spark informal someone who says or does something that they think is intelligent but is really wrong or stupid :

Some bright spark thought the building was on fire and called the fire brigade.

12 bright and breezy happy and confident

13 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed happy and full of energy

14 the bright lights the interesting exciting life in a big city :

She missed the bright lights of London.

15 bright spot an event or a period of time that is more pleasant when everything else is unpleasant :

The only bright spot of the weekend was our trip to the theatre.

— brightly 副词 :

The sun shone brightly.

brightly coloured clothes

She smiled brightly.

— brightness 名词 [不可数名词]

THESAURUS

a bright light

bright shining strongly : The sunshine was very bright. | the bright light of the torch

strong very bright : Photographs fade if they are exposed to strong sunlight.

brilliant extremely bright, especially in a way that seems good : The garden was full of brilliant autumn sunshine.

dazzling a dazzling light is so bright that it hurts your eyes and you cannot look at it : dazzling headlights | the dazzling reflection from the mirror

blinding a blinding light is very bright and makes you unable to see for a short time after you have looked at it : There was a sudden blinding light, followed by the sound of a huge explosion.

harsh a harsh light is bright and unpleasant : In the harsh light of the kitchen, she looked older than she was.

good if the light is good in a place where you are working, it is bright enough for you to see what you are doing : The light wasn’t good enough to read.

a bright place

bright full of light : I wish the room was a bit brighter.

light bright because there are big windows : The dining room was light and airy.

well-lit bright because there are plenty of electric lights : Try to park in a well-lit place.