Brighten
['braɪt(ə)n] or ['braɪtn]
解释:
(a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
(a.) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.
(a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.
(a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.
(v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.
整理:普雷斯利
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright.[2]. Make cheerful, make joyous.
v. n. Grow bright.
贝丝编辑
例句:
- Well, sir,' observed Venus, after clutching at his dusty hair, to brighten his ideas, 'let us put it another way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- But, Mr. Lennox says, things are sure to brighten'---- 'Mr. Lennox knows little about it,' said Mr. Thornton quietly. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- When I love a person very tenderly indeed, it seems to brighten. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Come, brighten up, dearest; we shall be all right again. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The second year began rather soberly, for their prospects did not brighten, and Aunt March died suddenly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Of course I feel it, ma'am,' said Mr. Raddle, rubbing his hands, and evincing a slight tendency to brighten up a little. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Snagsby has brightened in a moment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The boy's face flushed up, as it did usually when he was moved, and his eyes brightened. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Too many a time had I seen him in need of being brightened up with a comforting word! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Her colour rose, and her eyes brightened fiercely. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- He brightened up directly. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- He had had a trying day, and wanted a little brightening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- You acted as I should have expected you to act, said Dorothea, her face brightening and her head becoming a little more erect on its beautiful stem. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Oh, you did get a-talking about the trial,' said Serjeant Buzfuz, brightening up with the anticipation of some important discovery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- But after all,' said Mr. Nupkins, brightening for a moment, after a long pause; 'after all, this is a mere statement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The morning star stood, with its solemn, holy eye of light, looking down on the man of sin, from out the brightening sky. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- You don't remember me, she continued, brightening with the pleasure of recognition, but I'd know you anywhere, I've thought of you such a lot. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- After some perplexed reflection, Sloppy answered, brightening, 'He called it something as wos wery long for spots. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Mortimer Lightwood alone brightens. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The fluid brightens instead of fading the colors. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
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