单词 | big |
释义 | big¹ 1.(large)(在尺寸、高度、重量、数量、能力等方面)大的, 巨大的 The car was too big to fit into our garage.这部车太大了, 我们的车库放不下。 The crowd included a big contingent from Ipswich.那群人中有来自伊普斯威奇的一个人数众多的代表团。 Her problem was just too big for her to tackle on her own.她没办法自己解决这个大问题。 a big house大房子 He's a big guy.他是个大块头。 Her husband was a big man.她丈夫身材高大。 There has been a big increase in unemployment.失业人数已大幅增长。 Australia's a big country.澳大利亚是个幅员辽阔的国家。 2.(important)重要的;+ decision, moment重大的;+ problem, mistake严重的 The biggest problem is unemployment.最严重的问题是失业。 Their father was very big in the army.他们的父亲在军中很有影响力。 to have big ideas雄心勃勃 He's got a lot of big ideas about how to change the system.他对如何改变这一体制满怀勃勃雄心。 3.(powerful)+ player, company, bank重要的;有影响力的 one of the biggest companies in Italy意大利最大的公司之一 Exchange is largely controlled by big banks.货币兑换业务主要由大银行控制。 4.(of unfortunate magnitude)+ dope, jerk十足的;+ words浮夸的;矫饰的 They don't use big words. They are plain talkers.他们不用大字眼, 说话坦诚直率。 You are an even bigger idiot than I thought.你这个白痴甚至比我想的还要蠢。 I felt like the biggest sucker of all time.我觉得自己是有史以来最大的笨蛋。 5.(intense)+ way规模大的;强度大的 The Internet bubble has burst in a big way.因特网泡沫已彻底破灭。 to do things in a big way满怀热情地做事 to fall for sb in a big way深深地爱上某人 to take off in a big way大受欢迎 I think boxing will take off in a big way here.我想拳击运动在这儿会大受欢迎。 6.(elder)+ sister, brother年龄较大的 Chris admired his big brother.克里斯崇拜他哥哥。 7.<非正式>(grown-up)长大了的 When you're big you'll be able to drive yourself.等你长大了, 就能自己开车了。 8.(generous)宽宏的;大度的 One of us has to be the bigger person and make the first move.我们中得有个人大度一些, 迈出第一步。 9.(full)满的;充盈的 My heart is big with sadness.我内心充满悲伤。 10.(boastful)+ talk, story夸大其词的;自夸的 We sure aren't backing up our big talk with action any more.我们确实不再用行动来证明我们说过的大话了。 11.【酿酒】(strong in flavour)(葡萄酒)味道浓郁的 12.(pregnant)已怀孕多时的 idiom big² ◆big on sb/sth<非正式>对某人/某物极感兴趣的 That company is big on research.那家公司爱搞研究。 ◆too big for your bootsortoo big for your breeches自以为是的;自视过高的 I was still a teenager and perhaps I was becoming too big for my boots.我那时还只有十几岁, 或许开始自以为是了。 1.(boastfully)夸大其词地;自夸地 He talks big but he's still in the same job after ten years.他口气很大, 但10年后还是干着同样的工作。 2.(exceptionally)很;非常;大大地 Looks like they really won big in Sydney.看起来好像他们真的在悉尼赢得了极大胜利。 3.(on a grand scale)宏大地 to think big雄心勃勃;志向远大 Maybe we're not thinking big enough.也许我们的抱负还不够远大。 to make it big获得成功;出名 Very few new businesses make it big.很少有新公司获得成功。 big³1.(build)建造 2.(excavate)挖出(泥土)堆成堆 Phrasal Verbbig up |
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