brilliant
英 ['br?lj(?)nt]
美 ['br?lj?nt]
- adj. 燦爛的，閃耀的；杰出的；有才氣的；精彩的，絕妙的
助記提示
1、beryl "precious stone" => beryll-: beryll, shine like a beryl. => brill-: shine.
2、brill- => brilli- "shine" + -ant.
3、含義：sparkling, shining.
中文詞源
brilliant 明亮的，聰穎的來自beryl, 綠寶石。拼寫受bright 影響。
英文詞源
- brilliant
- brilliant: [17] Brilliant comes from French brilliant, the present participle of briller ‘shine’. French borrowed the verb from Italian brillare, but it is not altogether clear where Italian got it from. One theory is that it came from Vulgar Latin *bērillāre, a derivative of bērillus ‘precious stone’ (whence English beryl [13]). The source of the Latin noun was Greek bérullos, which may have come from one of the Indo-European languages of India (Sanskrit vaidūrya ‘cat’s-eye’ has been compared).
- brilliant (adj.)
- 1680s, from French brilliant "sparkling, shining" present participle of briller "to shine" (16c.), from Italian brillare "sparkle, whirl," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *berillare "to shine like a beryl," from berillus "beryl, precious stone," from Latin beryllus (see beryl). In reference to diamonds (1680s) it means a flat-topped cut invented 17c. by Venetian cutter Vincenzo Peruzzi.
雙語例句
- 1. A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.
- 一束耀眼的陽光從門口照射進來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jackie was running around with all these brilliant people.
- 杰姬混跡于這些才華橫溢的人之間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is a terrific athlete and a brilliant jumper.
- 他是個出色的運動員，彈跳力非常好。
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- 4. Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.
- 埃里克·坎通納抓住機會踢進絕妙的一球，鎖定了比賽的勝局。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Patrick Devlin was an outstanding judge and brilliant jurist.
- 帕特里克·德夫林是一位杰出的法官和出色的法律專家。
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