(verb.) make lighter or brighter; 'The paint will brighten the room'.

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• Well, sir,' observed Venus, after clutching at his dusty hair, to brighten his ideas, 'let us put it another way. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• But, Mr. Lennox says, things are sure to brighten'---- 'Mr. Lennox knows little about it,' said Mr. Thornton quietly. 伊麗莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
• When I love a person very tenderly indeed, it seems to brighten. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• Come, brighten up, dearest; we shall be all right again. 托馬斯·哈代. 還鄉.
• The second year began rather soberly, for their prospects did not brighten, and Aunt March died suddenly. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
• Of course I feel it, ma'am,' said Mr. Raddle, rubbing his hands, and evincing a slight tendency to brighten up a little. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. 埃德加·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Snagsby has brightened in a moment. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• The boy's face flushed up, as it did usually when he was moved, and his eyes brightened. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
• Too many a time had I seen him in need of being brightened up with a comforting word! 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• Her colour rose, and her eyes brightened fiercely. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
• He brightened up directly. 簡·奧斯汀. 曼斯菲爾德莊園.
• She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened. 伊迪絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• He had had a trying day, and wanted a little brightening. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• You acted as I should have expected you to act, said Dorothea, her face brightening and her head becoming a little more erect on its beautiful stem. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• Oh, you did get a-talking about the trial,' said Serjeant Buzfuz, brightening up with the anticipation of some important discovery. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• But after all,' said Mr. Nupkins, brightening for a moment, after a long pause; 'after all, this is a mere statement. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• The morning star stood, with its solemn, holy eye of light, looking down on the man of sin, from out the brightening sky. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• You don't remember me, she continued, brightening with the pleasure of recognition, but I'd know you anywhere, I've thought of you such a lot. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• After some perplexed reflection, Sloppy answered, brightening, 'He called it something as wos wery long for spots. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• Mortimer Lightwood alone brightens. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• The fluid brightens instead of fading the colors. 威廉K.戴維. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.

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