bright

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bright / braɪt ; braɪt /
◙adj,brighter, brightest
1. LIGHT 光, shining strongly, or with plenty of light
• 明亮的; 光线充足的:
 »Her eyes were hurting from the bright lights.
  明亮的光线刺痛了她的眼睛。
 »bright sunshine
  灿烂的阳光
 »a large bright room
  明亮的大房间
2. SUNNY 阳光充足的, if the weather is bright, the sun is shining and there is a lot of light
• 阳光明媚的;
【OPP】 dull
 »The weather was bright and sunny.
  天气晴朗，阳光明媚。
 »a bright autumn day
  一个阳光明媚的秋日
3. INTELLIGENT 聪明的, intelligent and able to learn things quickly
• 聪颖的，聪明的:
 »He was an exceptionally bright child.
  他是个特别聪明的孩子。
 »a bright ambitious young man
  一个聪明、有抱负的年轻人
 »He is constantly coming up with bright ideas for making money.
  他经常会想出一些赚钱的好主意。
4. COLOURS 颜色, bright colours are strong and easy to see
• 鲜艳的，鲜亮的:
 »a bright red jumper
  一件鲜红色的套头毛衣
 »I never wear bright colours.
  我从来不穿鲜艳的颜色。
5. CHEERFUL
• 高兴的happy and full of energy 欢快的:
  Her voice was bright and cheerful. 她的声音很欢快。
 »She gave him a bright smile.
  她给了他一个灿烂的微笑。
 »He looked up at me with bright eyes.
  他抬起头来用明亮的眼睛看着我。
6. SUCCESSFUL 成功的if the future looks bright, you think that something will be successful〔前途〕光明的;
【SYN】 promising
 »The school's future now looks very bright.
  现在，这学校的前途非常光明。
 »I'm sure the company has a bright future now.
  我确信公司现在前途光明。
7. as bright as a button, very intelligent and full of energy
• 聪明活泼的
8. look on the bright side, to see the good points in a situation that seems to be bad
• 看到光明的一面，抱乐观态度:
 »Come on, try to look on the bright side.
  好啦，多往好处想想吧。
9. bright and early, very early in the morning
• 大清早:
 »He was up bright and early, keen to get started.
  他一大早就起来了，急着开始工作。
10. bright spark, [informal] someone who says or does something that they think is intelligent but is really wrong or stupid
• 聪明人〔用作反话〕:
 »Some bright spark thought the building was on fire and called the fire brigade.
  不知道哪个聪明人以为大楼着火了，就叫来了消防队。
11. bright and breezy, happy and confident
• 快乐而自信的
12. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, happy and full of energy
• 欢快的; 充满生气的
13. the bright lights, the interesting exciting life in a big city
• 大城市五光十色的生活:
 »She missed the bright lights of London.
  她怀念伦敦五光十色的生活。
14. bright spot, an event or a period of time that is more pleasant when everything else is unpleasant
• 亮点〔指在其他事情都很糟糕时的一件令人高兴的事或一段快乐的时光〕:
 »The only bright spot of the weekend was our trip to the theatre.
  这个周末唯一高兴的事就是我们去看了场戏。
♦brightly adv:
 »The sun shone brightly.
  太阳光芒四射。
 »brightly-coloured clothes
  颜色鲜艳的衣服
 »She smiled brightly.
  她笑得很灿烂。
♦brightness noun [U]