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epic/ˈepik/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary figures, e.g. the Iliad, Paradise Lost (有关英雄或传奇人物的)史诗，叙事诗(如荷马的《伊利亚德》，弥尔顿的《失乐园》等) 2 an imaginative work of any form, embodying a nation's conception of its past history (一国的)古代传说 3 a book or film based on an epic narrative or heroic in type or scale 按史诗内容而制作的电影；按史诗撰写的书籍；史诗般的小说或影片 4 a subject fit for recital in an epic 适合撰写史诗、叙事诗的题材 ●adj. 1 of or like an epic 史诗(般)的 2 grand, heroic 伟大的，宏伟的，英雄的 □ epical adj.□ epically adv.[Latin epicus from Greek epikos, from epos ‘word, song’] |