单词 | brightness |
释义 | brightness|ˈbraɪtnɪs| [OE. beorhtnes, brehtnis, f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being bright; brilliancy, clearness; vivacity, quickness of intellect, etc. (see bright a.).
c950Lindisf. Gosp. John v. 40 Brehtnise from monnum ne onfoe ic. c1000Ags. G. Luke ii. 9 And godes beorhtnes him ymbe-scean. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 Six werkes of brictnesse. 1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 103 A brightnesse com fro heuen. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle v. v. (1859) 76 Sterres..castyng oute bemes of huge bryghtynes. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. ii. 19 The brightnesse of her cheeke would shame those starres. a1721Prior Solomon iii. (R.) Vex'd with the present moment's heavy gloom, Why seek we brightness from the years to come? Ibid. (J.), The brightness of his parts..distinguished him in an age of great politeness. 1851Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. ii. v. §15 Brightness of colour is altogether inadmissible without purity and harmony. |

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