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.
雙語例句
1. A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.
明亮的流星，或者說隕石，是番難忘的景象。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright.
熒光燈閃了幾下，接著屋子裏豁然大亮，刺得人睜不開眼。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.
福特公司想出了一絕妙的主意：付給工人足夠的薪水去購買汽車。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Both had successful careers and the future looked bright.
兩個人都事業有成，前程似錦。
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5. He was diagnosed as severely dyslexic but extraordinarily bright.