Stars are brilliant in the clear night sky. 星星在晴朗的夜空闪亮。
A brilliant sun lit up their rooms. 灿烂的阳光照亮了他们的屋子。
A device in gas lamps consisting of a sheath of threads that gives off brilliant illumination when heated by the flame. 灯罩煤油灯内一装置,是一个由许多线结成的套构成的,被火焰加热后产生灿烂的光芒
brilliant
[ adj ]
of surpassing excellence
<adj.all> a brilliant performance a superb actor
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
<adj.all> some men dislike brainy women a brilliant mind a brilliant solution to the problem
characterized by grandeur
<adj.all> the brilliant court life at Versailles a glorious work of art magnificent cathedrals the splendid coronation ceremony
having striking color
<adj.all> bright dress brilliant tapestries a bird with vivid plumage
full of light; shining intensely
<adj.all> a brilliant star brilliant chandeliers
clear and sharp and ringing
<adj.all> the bright sound of the trumpet section the brilliant sound of the trumpets
Brilliant \Bril"liant\, n. [F. brillant. See {Brilliant}, a.] 1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.
This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine. --Pope.
2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing.
Note: This line is printed in the type called Brilliant.
3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
Brilliant \Bril"liant\ (br[i^]l"yant), a. [F. brillant, p. pr. of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar, It. brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green color, Prov. It. brill. See {Beryl}.] 1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits. --Fisher Ames.
3. Exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished accomplishment in a field; -- as, a brilliant chemist. [PJC]
Syn: See {Shining}.
If he were brilliant, he probably would not be a family doctor in the first place.
He offers a tough but brilliant vision. Everything he designed, and take a close look at the circular silver toast rack in the exhibition, is thought through from the inside out.
"Hardee's has found a way to expand its presence without diluting its penetration," said Daniel R. Lee, an analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. in New York, who called the deal a brilliant move.
His commitment to a free-market economy has attracted brilliant economists.
In a brilliant US advertising campaign, he displayed this classic underwear on female models.
In severe cases, companies have failed because seemingly brilliant technical ideas never found a market, or proved too costly to develop, or simply couldn't be used by a firm's production employees.
They took turns reading from the chapter, in which Emma asks picnic participants to say either one brilliant thing, two moderately amusing things, or three dull things.
In the bass role of Emperor Altoum, Franz Hawlata delivered a brilliant cameo and sang beautifully. Helene Perraguin was a rather pale Adelma, and Bruce Brewer no longer has the voice for Truffaldino.
All the brilliant phases and historic oratory they crafted were credited to others.
"He was brilliant, got all A's _ isn't that disgusting?" marvels Sandra Cohen, now Bakalar, his high school sweetheart.
Maurice was an academic success with a sharp business mind. Charles proved a brilliant copywriter.
At Glasgow this tall tree is covered in buds, like tight little pin-cushions, and brilliant scarlet puffs of flower.
In a brilliant and discreetly tongue-in-cheek performance of Weber's vapid Konzertstuck in F minor he came before us in both roles.
"I think what this man did is brilliant," Mutter said in describing the meticulous research Bundy performed in taking 80 or 90 depositions during one of his trials.
His brilliant industrial policy _ both domestic and global in purpose and vision _ includes a fair labor standards policy.
Mr. McNeice adds: "He's the most brilliant man I have ever met."
Somebody should tell the conductor and the production team. Further performances until May 29 Why is it that The Barber of Seville, with its strong plot, brilliant music and several hit numbers, seldom delights in the theatre?
He flew from Damascus to Rhein-Main Air Base just outside Frankfurt, West Germany early Tuesday aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141 transport plane, arriving in brilliant, sunny weather.
Around 1985, however, an EC expert devised a brilliant shortcut.
'He said 'brilliant' and thanked me,' says Griffiths. Not so these days.
Perhaps she is at times too sharp, too shy of bringing out the melting lyricism of the ballet's more lovelorn passages; but her dancing is as naturally brilliant as birdsong.
Marvellously tender and sweet they were with a briny whiff of the sea. Unless, however, the weather is truly brilliant, hot scallops may seem more appealing, in the evenings at least.
He also is a brilliant musician; his saxophone makes angry music that demands attention.
Mr Berlusconi represents entrepreneurial success and television soap opera culture; Mr Spaventa, a Fellow of All Souls at Oxford, is a brilliant intellect with a technocratic background.
Tarantino is a brilliant talent.
Michelangelo added to the Campidoglio in Rome and Brunelleschi added on his brilliant Pazzi Chapel in Florence - so the precedents are good.
However brilliant its work, even AT&T's magnificent Bell Labs can no longer supply everything the telecommunications industry needs, nor can IBM's equally magnificent labs supply all the software or semiconductor designs that IBM's computers need.
"He's a brilliant guy and a marvelous communicator," says Michel Belanger, chairman of National Bank of Canada and a longtime friend.
In 1987, many public companies issued shares and looked brilliant, in retrospect, after the stock market crashed.
And yet, later paintings such as the well-loved Quack Doctor mark Dou as a brilliant artist of the Golden Age.