brill
brill — 形容詞
1. very good, or a lot of fun, in casual British speech.
超棒；很讚
英式口語，非常好
very good, or a lot of fun, in casual British speech.
Your idea for a class video at the night market is brill.
你拍夜市班級影片的點子超棒。
be brill
The cousins had a brill weekend at the lake.
那群表親在湖邊過了一個很讚的週末。
brill + noun
That new cafe is brill for cheap noodles after work.
那家新咖啡館很適合下班後去吃便宜麵食。
Ravi found a brill gift for his sister's birthday.
Ravi 幫妹妹找到了一份超棒的生日禮物。
The school play was brill, and even Grandpa laughed.
那場學校話劇超棒，連阿公都笑了。
文法句型
be brill
brill + noun
用法筆記
Common in spoken British English, especially after 'be' and with words like 'idea', 'time', or 'weekend'. Many speakers prefer the full form 'brilliant' in formal writing.
常見錯誤
brill — 名詞
1. a broad flatfish from the sea that people cook and eat.
菱鮃；鰈魚
可食用的扁海魚
a broad flatfish from the sea that people cook and eat.
At the fish market, Bao bought a fresh brill for dinner.
在魚市場，Bao 買了一條新鮮的鰈魚回家做晚餐。
a brill as a food fish
The chef baked brill with lemon and herbs for lunch.
主廚午餐烤了菱鮃，配上檸檬和香草。
cook brill
At the bistro, roasted brill came with potatoes and peas.
小酒館的菜單上，烤菱鮃配馬鈴薯和豌豆。
The diver spotted a brill lying flat on the sea floor.
潛水員看到一條菱鮃平貼在海底。
文法句型
cook/eat brill
a brill
用法筆記
Common in fishing, cooking, and restaurant contexts. The plural is usually also 'brill', especially when people mean the fish as food.