brilliant!
/ˈbrɪl.jənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbrɪl.jənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbril-yənt How to pronounce brilliant (audio)/ (ame, mw)
brilliant! — adjective
- brilliant!positive
- more brilliant!comparative
- most brilliant!superlative
1. extremely clever, or able to handle difficult work with exceptional skill
extremely clever, or able to handle difficult work with exceptional skill
After one short look, Bao produced a brilliant answer to the puzzle.
a brilliant + answer / solution
Ritu is brilliant at spotting tiny mistakes in legal contracts.
be brilliant at + -ing
The winning app was designed by a brilliant student from Busan.
When the engine failed, Christopher suggested a brilliant way to get everyone home.
文法句型
be brilliant at + -ing
a brilliant + person/idea/solution
用法筆記
Often used before nouns like idea, student, or scientist, and after at when praising someone's skill in one area.
常見錯誤
2. giving off strong light, or showing a very vivid and striking colour
giving off strong light, or showing a very vivid and striking colour
Brilliant white lamps lit the bridge across the dark river.
brilliant + light / colour noun
At noon, the sea turned brilliant blue beside the limestone cliffs.
Under the stage lights, the dancer's jacket shone with a brilliant silver glow.
From the hill, Adina watched brilliant fireworks burst above the harbor.
文法句型
brilliant + colour/light noun
用法筆記
Most often describes light, colour, jewels, or surfaces that catch the light strongly. For a very clever person, use sense 1 instead.
常見錯誤
3. extremely good and worth strong praise
extremely good and worth strong praise
Yasmin gave a brilliant talk that kept the room laughing.
a brilliant + performance / talk
The café serves a brilliant breakfast for less than ten dollars.
After months of rain, we finally had a brilliant weekend in Taitung.
What a brilliant finish by Mauricio in the last two minutes!
文法句型
a brilliant + event/meal/performance
Brilliant! as an exclamation
用法筆記
Especially common in British English for enthusiastic approval of ideas, meals, performances, or whole experiences. It can also stand alone as the exclamation Brilliant!.
常見錯誤
brilliant! — noun
1. a gemstone cut with many flat faces so it throws back a strong sparkle
a gemstone cut with many flat faces so it throws back a strong sparkle
The jeweler showed Iris a round brilliant beside an older cut diamond.
a round brilliant
In the museum case, one brilliant threw light across the velvet cloth.
The catalog listed the stone as a brilliant with fifty-eight facets.
Collectors paid more for the brilliant because its cut flashed evenly.
- brilliant-cut diamond
the fuller everyday description when the stone is a diamond
文法句型
a round brilliant
a brilliant with + number + facets
用法筆記
Usually appears in jewellery writing after words like round or cut. In everyday English, people more often say brilliant-cut diamond instead of using brilliant alone as a noun.