bright

adjective

/braɪt/

(comparative brighter, superlative brightest)

Idioms

full of light; shining strongly光线充足的；明亮的
- bright light/sunshine明亮的光线；明媚的阳光
- a bright room明亮的屋子
- Her eyes were bright with tears.她的双眼泪光闪闪。
- a bright morning (= with the sun shining)阳光灿烂的早晨
- All of these stars are bigger and brighter than our sun.所有这些恒星都比我们的太阳更大更亮。
- The following morning dawned bright and warm.第二天一大早阳光和煦。
- The morning was quite bright, but it clouded over in the afternoon.早晨还挺睛朗的，但是下午就阴天了。
- The morning was reasonably bright.早上很晴朗。
- The offices are going to be bright and airy.办公室将会明亮通风。
- The sky was still bright in the west.西边的天空依然很亮。
- The sun shone bright and hot.火辣辣的太阳耀眼夺目。
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
(of a colour颜色) strong and easy to see鲜艳夺目的
- I like bright colours.我喜欢艳丽的色彩。
- a bright yellow dress鲜黄色的连衣裙
- Jack's face turned bright red.杰克的脸变得通红。
- This colour is a bit bright, isn't it ? 这颜色有点亮，不是吗？
Synonyms bright
bright
- brilliant
- vivid
- vibrant
These words all describe things that are shining or full of light or colours that are strong and easy to see.
- bright full of light; shining strongly; (of colours) strong and easy to see:
  a bright yellow dress鲜黄色的连衣裙
- brilliant very bright:
  The sky was a brilliant blue.天空一片蔚蓝。
- vivid (approving) (of colours) bright and strong:指（颜色）耀眼的、鲜艳的、醒目的：
  His eyes were a vivid green.他的眼睛碧绿。
- vibrant (approving) (of colours) bright and strong:指（颜色）耀眼的、鲜艳的、醒目的：
  The room was decorated in vibrant blues and greens.那房间以鲜艳的蓝绿两色装饰。
vivid or vibrant?用 vivid 还是 vibrant？These two words are very similar, but vivid emphasizes how bright a colour is, while vibrant suggests a more lively and exciting colour or combination of colours.Patterns
- bright/brilliant/vivid/vibrant colours
- bright/brilliant light/sunlight/sunshine/eyes
- a bright tie色彩鲜艳的领带
- The white feathers looked surprisingly bright.那些白色的羽毛看上去出奇地亮。
Topics Colours and Shapesa2
giving reason to believe that good things will happen; likely to be successful有希望的；大有可能成功的
- This young musician has a bright future.这位年轻的音乐家前途无量。
- Prospects for the coming year look bright.来年的前景一片光明。
- a bright start to the week本周的良好开端
- The factory's future now looks bright.这家工厂的前景现在看起来一片光明。
- The war dimmed hopes of a rising market after a bright start to the year.在一年光明的开端之后，这场战争使市场上涨的希望变得渺茫。
Topics Successb1
intelligent; quick to learn聪明的；悟性强的
- the brightest pupil in the class班里最聪明的学生
- Do you have any bright ideas (= clever ideas)?你有何高见？
Synonyms intelligent
intelligent
- smart
- clever
- brilliant
- bright
These words all describe people who are good at learning, understanding and thinking about things, and the actions that show this ability.
- intelligent good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability: He’s a highly intelligent man.他是一个很有才智的人。She asked a lot of intelligent questions.她问了很多聪明的问题。
- smart (especially North American English) quick at learning and understanding things; showing the ability to make good business or personal decisions: 指聪明的、机敏的、精明的：She’s smarter than her brother.她比她哥哥聪明。That was a smart career move.这是一个明智的职业选择。
- clever (sometimes disapproving, especially British English) quick at learning and understanding things; showing this ability: How clever of you to work it out!你解决了这个问题真是太聪明了。He’s too clever by half, if you ask me.恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。 People use clever in the phrase : Clever boy/girl! to tell a young child that they have learnt or done something well. When used to or about an adult clever can be disapproving.人们在短语中使用聪明:聪明的男孩/女孩！告诉一个小孩他们已经学得或做得很好。当习惯于或关于一个聪明的成年人时，可能会不赞成。
- brilliant extremely intelligent or showing a lot of skill: He’s a brilliant young scientist.他是一个才华横溢的青年科学家。
- bright intelligent; quick to learn: She’s probably the brightest student in the class.她大概是班里最聪明的学生。 Bright is used especially to talk about young people. Common collocations of bright include girl, boy, kid, student, pupil.Bright是专门用来说年轻人的。光明的常见搭配包括女孩、男孩、孩子、学生、小学生。
Patterns
- clever/brilliant at something
- a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant/bright child/boy/girl/man/woman
- a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant thing to do
- Ms Newman is bright, opinionated and decisive.纽曼女士聪明果断，有主见。
- Thomas is an exceptionally bright boy.托马斯是个异常聪明的男孩子。
- a really bright child一个非常伶俐的孩子
- She's probably the brightest student in the class.她大概是班里最聪明的学生。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
cheerful and lively快活而生气勃勃的
- His eyes were bright and excited.他目光发亮，兴奋不已。
- She gave me a bright smile.她对我粲然一笑。
- Why are you so bright and cheerful today?你今天怎么这么高兴？
- His face was bright with excitement.他兴奋得满脸放光。
- Her timid eyes grew bright and she looked ready to venture on.她胆怯的眼睛一下子亮了起来，看来打算去冒这个险。
- He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy.他感到非常高兴，充满活力。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2

词源Old English beorht, of Germanic origin.

Idioms

bright and early

very early in the morning大清早
- You're up bright and early today!你今天起得很早啊！

(as) bright as a button

(British English, informal) intelligent and quick to understand机灵的；聪颖的
More Like This Similes in idioms
Similes in idioms
- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots

the bright lights

the excitement of city life城市生活的多姿多彩
- Although he grew up in the country, he's always had a taste for the bright lights.尽管他是在农村长大的，他始终对城市的五光十色情有独钟。

a bright spark

(British English, informal, often ironic) a lively and intelligent person, especially somebody young活泼机灵的人（尤指年轻人）
- Some bright spark (= stupid person) left the tap running all night.不知是哪个聪明人让自来水流了一夜。

a/the bright spot

a good or pleasant part of something that is unpleasant or bad in all other ways（不幸或逆境中的）可喜部分，闪光点
- The win last week was the only bright spot in their last ten games.上周的胜利是他们最近十场比赛中唯一振奋人心的一次。
- The birth of my son was the one bright spot in a terrible year.在那多灾多难的年景，我儿子出生是唯一令人高兴的事。

look on the bright side

to be cheerful or positive about a bad situation, for example by thinking only of the advantages and not the disadvantages（对坏情况）持乐观态度，看到光明的一面
- Look on the bright side. You managed to do more than I did.看好的一面吧，你比我当初做的多多了。

词汇	bright
释义	bright adjective /braɪt/ /braɪt/ (comparative brighter, superlative brightest) Idioms full of light; shining strongly光线充足的；明亮的 bright light/sunshine明亮的光线；明媚的阳光 a bright room明亮的屋子 Her eyes were bright with tears.她的双眼泪光闪闪。 a bright morning (= with the sun shining)阳光灿烂的早晨 All of these stars are bigger and brighter than our sun.所有这些恒星都比我们的太阳更大更亮。 The following morning dawned bright and warm.第二天一大早阳光和煦。 The morning was quite bright, but it clouded over in the afternoon.早晨还挺睛朗的，但是下午就阴天了。 The morning was reasonably bright.早上很晴朗。 The offices are going to be bright and airy.办公室将会明亮通风。 The sky was still bright in the west.西边的天空依然很亮。 The sun shone bright and hot.火辣辣的太阳耀眼夺目。 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look seem … adverb extremely fairly very … (of a colour颜色) strong and easy to see鲜艳夺目的 I like bright colours.我喜欢艳丽的色彩。 a bright yellow dress鲜黄色的连衣裙 Jack's face turned bright red.杰克的脸变得通红。 This colour is a bit bright, isn't it ? 这颜色有点亮，不是吗？ Synonyms brightbright brilliant vivid vibrant These words all describe things that are shining or full of light or colours that are strong and easy to see. bright full of light; shining strongly; (of colours) strong and easy to see: a bright yellow dress鲜黄色的连衣裙 brilliant very bright: The sky was a brilliant blue.天空一片蔚蓝。 vivid (approving) (of colours) bright and strong:指（颜色）耀眼的、鲜艳的、醒目的： His eyes were a vivid green.他的眼睛碧绿。 vibrant (approving) (of colours) bright and strong:指（颜色）耀眼的、鲜艳的、醒目的： The room was decorated in vibrant blues and greens.那房间以鲜艳的蓝绿两色装饰。 vivid or vibrant?用 vivid 还是 vibrant？These two words are very similar, but vivid emphasizes how bright a colour is, while vibrant suggests a more lively and exciting colour or combination of colours.Patterns bright/brilliant/vivid/vibrant colours bright/brilliant light/sunlight/sunshine/eyes a bright tie色彩鲜艳的领带 The white feathers looked surprisingly bright.那些白色的羽毛看上去出奇地亮。 Topics Colours and Shapesa2 giving reason to believe that good things will happen; likely to be successful有希望的；大有可能成功的 This young musician has a bright future.这位年轻的音乐家前途无量。 Prospects for the coming year look bright.来年的前景一片光明。 a bright start to the week本周的良好开端 The factory's future now looks bright.这家工厂的前景现在看起来一片光明。 The war dimmed hopes of a rising market after a bright start to the year.在一年光明的开端之后，这场战争使市场上涨的希望变得渺茫。 Topics Successb1 intelligent; quick to learn聪明的；悟性强的 the brightest pupil in the class班里最聪明的学生 Do you have any bright ideas (= clever ideas)?你有何高见？ Synonyms intelligentintelligent smart clever brilliant bright These words all describe people who are good at learning, understanding and thinking about things, and the actions that show this ability. intelligent good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability: He’s a highly intelligent man.他是一个很有才智的人。She asked a lot of intelligent questions.她问了很多聪明的问题。 smart (especially North American English) quick at learning and understanding things; showing the ability to make good business or personal decisions: 指聪明的、机敏的、精明的：She’s smarter than her brother.她比她哥哥聪明。That was a smart career move.这是一个明智的职业选择。 clever (sometimes disapproving, especially British English) quick at learning and understanding things; showing this ability: How clever of you to work it out!你解决了这个问题真是太聪明了。He’s too clever by half, if you ask me.恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。 People use clever in the phrase : Clever boy/girl! to tell a young child that they have learnt or done something well. When used to or about an adult clever can be disapproving.人们在短语中使用聪明:聪明的男孩/女孩！告诉一个小孩他们已经学得或做得很好。当习惯于或关于一个聪明的成年人时，可能会不赞成。 brilliant extremely intelligent or showing a lot of skill: He’s a brilliant young scientist.他是一个才华横溢的青年科学家。 bright intelligent; quick to learn: She’s probably the brightest student in the class.她大概是班里最聪明的学生。 Bright is used especially to talk about young people. Common collocations of bright include girl, boy, kid, student, pupil.Bright是专门用来说年轻人的。光明的常见搭配包括女孩、男孩、孩子、学生、小学生。 Patterns clever/brilliant at something a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant/bright child/boy/girl/man/woman a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant thing to do Ms Newman is bright, opinionated and decisive.纽曼女士聪明果断，有主见。 Thomas is an exceptionally bright boy.托马斯是个异常聪明的男孩子。 a really bright child一个非常伶俐的孩子 She's probably the brightest student in the class.她大概是班里最聪明的学生。 Topics Personal qualitiesb2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb extremely fairly very … cheerful and lively快活而生气勃勃的 His eyes were bright and excited.他目光发亮，兴奋不已。 She gave me a bright smile.她对我粲然一笑。 Why are you so bright and cheerful today?你今天怎么这么高兴？ His face was bright with excitement.他兴奋得满脸放光。 Her timid eyes grew bright and she looked ready to venture on.她胆怯的眼睛一下子亮了起来，看来打算去冒这个险。 He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy.他感到非常高兴，充满活力。 Topics Personal qualitiesb2 词源Old English beorht, of Germanic origin. Idioms bright and early very early in the morning大清早 You're up bright and early today!你今天起得很早啊！ (as) bright as a button (British English, informal) intelligent and quick to understand机灵的；聪颖的 More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms (as) bald as a coot (as) blind as a bat (as) bright as a button (as) bold as brass as busy as a bee as clean as a whistle (as) dead as a/the dodo (as) deaf as a post (as) dull as ditchwater (as) fit as a fiddle as flat as a pancake (as) good as gold (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare (as) miserable/ugly as sin as old as the hills (as) pleased/proud as Punch as pretty as a picture (as) regular as clockwork (as) quick as a flash (as) safe as houses (as) sound as a bell (as) steady as a rock (as) thick as two short planks (as) tough as old boots the bright lights the excitement of city life城市生活的多姿多彩 Although he grew up in the country, he's always had a taste for the bright lights.尽管他是在农村长大的，他始终对城市的五光十色情有独钟。 a bright spark (British English, informal, often ironic) a lively and intelligent person, especially somebody young活泼机灵的人（尤指年轻人） Some bright spark (= stupid person) left the tap running all night.不知是哪个聪明人让自来水流了一夜。 a/the bright spot a good or pleasant part of something that is unpleasant or bad in all other ways（不幸或逆境中的）可喜部分，闪光点 The win last week was the only bright spot in their last ten games.上周的胜利是他们最近十场比赛中唯一振奋人心的一次。 The birth of my son was the one bright spot in a terrible year.在那多灾多难的年景，我儿子出生是唯一令人高兴的事。 look on the bright side to be cheerful or positive about a bad situation, for example by thinking only of the advantages and not the disadvantages（对坏情况）持乐观态度，看到光明的一面 Look on the bright side. You managed to do more than I did.看好的一面吧，你比我当初做的多多了。 bright adverb /braɪt/ /braɪt/ (brighter, brightest) (literary) (usually with the verbs burn and shine通常与动词 burn、shine 连用) brightly光亮地；明亮地 The stars were shining bright.星光闪烁。词源Old English beorht, of Germanic origin. bright noun /braɪt/ /braɪt/ brights [plural] (North American English) the headlights on a vehicle set to a position in which they are shining as brightly as possible and not directed downwards（车辆的）前大灯，头灯词源Old English beorht, of Germanic origin.
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