briskとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪsk/
• 韻: -ɪsk

形容詞

brisk (comparative brisker または more brisk, superlative briskest または most brisk)

1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action

   Synonyms: lively, spirited, quick

   We took a brisk walk yesterday.

   • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Ba, who has been linked with a January move to Arsenal, should have rewarded their brisk start with the opening goal in the 16th minute.

2. Full of spirit of life; effervescing
3. (archaic) sparkling; fizzy

   brisk cider

4. Stimulating or invigorating.

   This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.

   • 1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad:

     Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry.

5. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.

参考

• brusque

動詞

brisk (三人称単数 現在形 brisks, 現在分詞 brisking, 過去形および過去分詞形 brisked)

1. (transitive, intransitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

Further reading

• “brisk” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “brisk” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brisk at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• Birks, birks