brilliant: [17] Brilliant comes from French brilliant, the present participle of briller ‘shine’. French borrowed the verb from Italian brillare, but it is not altogether clear where Italian got it from. One theory is that it came from Vulgar Latin *bērillāre, a derivative of bērillus ‘precious stone’ (whence English beryl [13]). The source of the Latin noun was Greek bérullos, which may have come from one of the Indo-European languages of India (Sanskrit vaidūrya ‘cat’s-eye’ has been compared).
brilliant (adj.)
1680s, from French brilliant "sparkling, shining" present participle of briller "to shine" (16c.), from Italian brillare "sparkle, whirl," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *berillare "to shine like a beryl," from berillus "beryl, precious stone," from Latin beryllus (see beryl). In reference to diamonds (1680s) it means a flat-topped cut invented 17c. by Venetian cutter Vincenzo Peruzzi.
中文解释
1、beryl "precious stone" => beryll-: beryll, shine like a beryl. => brill-: shine.2、brill- => brilli- "shine" + -ant.3、含义：sparkling, shining.
实用例句
1. A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.
一束耀眼的阳光从门口照射进来。
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2. Jackie was running around with all these brilliant people.
杰姬混迹于这些才华横溢的人之间。
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3. He is a terrific athlete and a brilliant jumper.
他是个出色的运动员，弹跳力非常好。
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4. Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.
埃里克·坎通纳抓住机会踢进绝妙的一球，锁定了比赛的胜局。
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5. Patrick Devlin was an outstanding judge and brilliant jurist.