| 词汇 | brightened |
| 释义 | brightened past simple and past participle ofbrighten brighten verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈbraɪ.tən/ us /ˈbraɪ.t̬ən/ brightenverb[I or T] (LIGHTER)If the weather brightens, it becomes lighter and less cloudy, with more sun: The day will start cloudy but brighten later. brighten up It was rainy this morning, but it brightened up (= the sun started shining) after lunch.今天早晨下雨，但午饭后天晴了。 to make a place lighter or more colourful: The room was small and dark, without so much as a ray of light to brighten the gloom.房间窄小昏暗，连一丝光线也没有。 brighten something upI used a large red rug to brighten up my living room. Describing good weather anticyclone be set fairidiom bone dryidiom brighten brighten up calm clemency clement cloudless fair fine glorious gloriously mild mildness set settled summery sun shower temperate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Giving out light The qualities of colour brightenverb[I or T] (HAPPIER)to seem happy or happier, or more full of hope than before: Her eyes brightened when she saw him enter the room.当她看见他进入房间时，眼睛一亮。 brighten up Alex brightened up when he heard the word "dinner". to make someone feel or make a situation seem happier or more full of hope: There are, however, one or two items of good news to brighten the economic picture a bit.然而，总会有一两条好消息让人对经济前景有些希望。 brighten someone/something upSeeing her always brightens up my day. I hoped these flowers might brighten you up. Feeling pleasure and happiness (as) pleased as Punchidiom ASMR be dancing in the streetsidiom be floating on airidiom be full of the joys of springidiom cheery chipper chirpily chirpy chuffed gruntled happily happy camper happy placeidiom jaunty shining sunnily swooning swooningly swoony You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing pleasure Examples of brightenedbrightened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And, pretty obviously, not all of these facets can be brightened by analysis here. I had a series of exchanges with his parents, but it was his smile that brightened up the day. At the end of the visit she was no longer tearful and her mood had brightened considerably. Then its light would be brightened by a factor of 2500, which means 8.5 magnitudes. The display was brightened for five video frames. It quite brightened the day for her. In microlensing events, a distant star is temporarily brightened as a result of gravitational focusing by a closer star passing between the observer and the distant star. In many ways it may have been too hard and it has been lightened, brightened and expanded nowadays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many old people have had their lives brightened by visits which are paid to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our predecessors did this from time to time as the outlook brightened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some housewives' mundane, lonely days, can sometimes be brightened up by a salesman who may have a considerable amount of charm and talent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dormitories have been redecorated and the shelter where people wait for admission has been cleaned and brightened up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whitewash goes on, the canteen cook gets instructions, the board room is polished, the boys are brightened up and everybody is on his toes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were all brightened and cheered and almost inspired by it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may have brightened up council chamber discussions initially, but something else rapidly happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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