Tra từ bright - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bright [bright brighter brightest] adjective, adverb, noun BrE [braɪt] NAmE [braɪt]
adjective (bright·er, bright·est)
1. full of light; shining strongly
•bright light/sunshine
•a bright room
• Her eyes were bright with tears.
•a bright morning (= with the sun shining)
2. (of a colour)strong and easy to see
• I like bright colours.
•a bright yellow dress
• Jack's face turned bright red.
3. cheerful and lively
• His eyes were bright and excited.
• She gave me a bright smile.
•Why are you so bright and cheerful today?
•His face was bright with excitement.
4. intelligent; quick to learn
•the brightest pupil in the class
• Do you have any bright ideas (= clever ideas)?
5. giving reason to believe that good things will happen; likely to be successful
• This young musician has a bright future.
•Prospects for the coming year look bright.
•a bright start to the week

Word Origin:
Old English beorht, of Germanic origin.

Thesaurus:
bright adj.
1.
•a bright green dress
•a bright morning
brilliant • • bold • • strong • • dazzling • |BrE colourful • |AmE colorful • |approving vivid • • vibrant • • flamboyant • |disapproving glaring • • lurid • • gaudy • • garish • • harsh • • loud •
Opp: dull, Opp: dim, Opp: faint, Opp: grey, Opp: gloomy
bright/brilliant/bold/strong/dazzling/vivid/vibrant/lurid/gaudy/garish/harsh/loud colours
bright/brilliant/strong/dazzling/glaring/harsh light
bright/brilliant/strong/dazzling/glaring sunshine
bright/colourful/flamboyant/gaudy/loud clothes
Bright or bold? Bold emphasizes how easy to see a colour is. It can be used with a wider range of colours than bright, which is usually used with light colours.
2.
•He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy.
cheerful • • jolly • • in a good mood • |informal cheery •
bright/cheerful/jolly/cheery face
bright and cheerful/jolly/cheery
Bright or cheerful? You can use bright after the verbs to be or to feel
•I was not feeling very bright that morning.
You can say a cheerful boy/girl, but a bright boy/girl is intelligent, not cheerful.

Synonyms:
bright
brilliant • vivid • vibrant
These words all describe things that are shining or full of light or colours that are strong and easy to see.
bright • full of light; shining strongly; (of colours) strong and easy to see: ▪ a bright yellow dress
brilliant • very bright: ▪ The sky was a brilliant blue.
vivid • (approving) (of colours) bright and strong: ▪ His eyes were a vivid green.
vibrant • (approving) (of colours) bright and strong: ▪ The room was decorated in vibrant blues and greens.
vivid or vibrant?
These two words are very similar, but vivid emphasizes how bright a colour is, while vibrant suggests a more lively and exciting colour or combination of colours.
bright/brilliant/vivid/vibrant colours
bright/brilliant light/sunlight/sunshine/eyes

Synonyms:
intelligent
smart • clever • brilliant • bright
These words all describe people who are good at learning, understanding and thinking about things, and the actions that show this ability.
intelligent • good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability: ▪ He's a ▪ highly intelligent ▪ man. ◇ ▪ She asked a lot of intelligent questions.
smart • (especially NAmE) quick at learning and understanding things; showing the ability to make good business or personal decisions: ▪ She's smarter than her brother. ◇ ▪ That was a smart career move.
clever • (sometimes disapproving, especially BrE) quick at learning and understanding things; showing this ability: ▪ How clever of you to work it out! ◇ ▪ He's ▪ too clever by half ▪, if you ask me.
People use clever in the phrase: ▪ Clever boy/girl! to tell a young child that they have learnt or done sth well. When used to or about an adult clever can be disapproving.
brilliant • extremely intelligent or skilful: ▪ He's a brilliant young scientist.
bright • intelligent; quick to learn: ▪ She's probably the brightest student in the class.
Bright is used especially to talk about young people. Common collocations of bright include girl, boy, kid, student, pupil.
clever/brilliant at sth
a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant/bright child/boy/girl/man/woman
a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant thing to do

Example Bank:
•Her timid eyes grew bright and she looked ready to venture on.
•Ms Newman is bright, opinionated and decisive.
•The factory's future now looks bright.
•The following morning dawned bright and warm.
•The morning was quite bright, but it clouded over in the afternoon.
•The morning was reasonably bright.
•The offices are going to be bright and airy.
•The sky was still bright in the west.
•The sun shone bright and hot.
•The white feathers looked surprisingly bright.
•Thomas is an exceptionally bright boy.
•a really bright child
•He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy.
•Look on the bright side. You managed to do more than I did.
•She's probably the brightest student in the class.
•Some bright spark left the tap running all night.
•The war dimmed hopes of a rising market after a bright start to the year.
•This young musician has a bright future.
•a bright morning
•a bright tie
Idioms: ↑bright and early ▪ ↑bright as a button ▪ ↑bright lights ▪ ↑bright spark ▪ bright spot ▪ ↑look on the bright side
Derived Words: ↑brightly ▪ ↑brightness

adverb (bright·er, bright·est)(literary) (usually with the verbs burn and shine)
brightly
• The stars were shining bright.

Word Origin:
Old English beorht, of Germanic origin.

noun brightsplural (NAmE)
the ↑headlights on a vehicle set to a position in which they are shining as brightly as possible and not directed downwards

Word Origin:
Old English beorht, of Germanic origin.