单词 | great |
释义 | great /greit; gret/ adj (-er, -est) 1 well above the average in size, quantity or degree: (体积,数量,程度) 超过 - 般标准的; 巨大的; 很多的; 非常的: take ~ care of sth; 对某物特别用心照,顾 (对某事特别审慎); an essay that shows ~ ignorance of grammar; 显示出文法十分不通的一篇文章; a ~ friend of mine, one for whom I feel more than ordinary friendship. 我的一位亲密的朋友。 ~ with child, (old use) pregnant. (佛用法) 怀孕的。 '~coat n heavy overcoat, 厚大衣。 2 of remarkable ability or quality: 大的: ~ men; 亿人; a ~ painter/painting/ musician. 伟大的画家 (画, 音乐家) 。 3 important; noted; of high rank or position: 重要的; 著名的; 地位高的: a ~ occasion; 重久的场合; the G~ Powers of Europe; 欧洲列强; a ~ lady; 贵妇人; Alexander the G~. 亚历山大大帝。 4 (colloq, preceding another adj which is often weakly stressed; implying surprise, indignation, contempt, etc according to context): (俗) (用在另一个常轻液的形容词前; 表示惊异,愤怒,轻蔑等, 视上下文而定): See what a ~ big fish I've caught! 看我捉到多么大的一条鱼啊! Take your ~ big head out of my light! 把你的大头移开,不要遮住我的光线! What a ~ thick stick! 多么粗的一根棍子啊! 5 (also 亦作 G~er) used as a distinctive epithet of the larger of two. 用做区别性质的形容词,指两者中之较大 A 。 the G~ Bear, O bear (3). G~ Britain, (abbr 略作 GB) England, Wales and Scotland, excluding Northern Ireland. 英国; 大不列显 (包括英格兰,威雨斯与苏格阑,北爱尔兰除外) 。 the G~ Lakes, series of five large lakes in N America along the boundary between Canada and the US. 大湖 (加拿大与美国之间的五个大湖) 。 G~ er London, an administrative area of local government that includes inner London and the outer suburbs. 大伦敦 (包括伦敦市及其郊区 ) 。theG~ War, that of 1914-18, 第一次世界大战。 6 j (attrib only) (仅作形容用法) fully deserving the name of: 应得…之名的: He's a ~ liar. 他是个名副其实的说说者。 They are ~ friends. 他们姓真正的朋友。 7 (with agent nouns; attrib only) doing or being sth to a high degree: (与表示动作者的名词连用; 仅作形容用法) 非常的: He's a ~ reader/eater, reads/ eats very much. 他书读得很多 (食量很大) 。 He's a ~ landowner, owns a large area of land. 他是个大地主。 8 combined with words indicating quantity, etc: 与表示数量等的字连用: a ~ deal, very much; 很多; a ~ number; 很多; a ~ while ago; 许久以前; the ~ majority, much the larger part. 关多饺。 9 (colloq) splendid; satisfactory: (曲绝妙的; 快活的; 令人满意的: We had a ~ time in Paris. 我们在巴黎的那段时期很快乐。 Wouldn't it be ~ if we could go there again! 如果我们能够再去那里该多好啊! 10 (colloq; pred only) (俗; 仅作敍述用法) ~ at. clever or skilful at. 擅长; 精于。 ~ on, having a good knowledge of. 精通。 11 prefixed to a kinship words in grand- to show a further stage in relationship: 冠于以 grand 起首表示亲属之字前,以示更高或低一辈的亲属关系: -'grandfather, one's father's or mother's grandfather; 曾祖; 外首祖。 |— 'grandson, grandson of one's son or daughter. 曾孙; 外曾汰。 ~ly adv much; by much: 很; 非常: ~ly amused. 很高兴。 ~ness n |
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