great
a. 大的, 非常的, 主要的, 重大的, 崇高的, 伟大的 adv. 顺利地, 得意地 n. 全部, 大人物, 大师
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教材释义与例句
大师；大人物；伟人们
a very successful and famous person in a particular sport, profession etc
伟大的，重大的；极好的，好的；主要的
very large in amount or degree
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A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
伟人
Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
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The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
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An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
My three-greats grandmother.
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Taking much space; large.
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Taking much space; large.
Much, more than usual.
great worry
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Taking much space; large.
Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
非正式a dirty great smack in the face
Great Scott!
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Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
很好
不错
棒
卓越
非正式Dinner was great.
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Important, consequential.
大帝
a great dilemma
a great decision
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Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s).
great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather
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Pregnant; large with young; full of.
废旧great with child
great with hope
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Intimate; familiar.
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Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
a great deed
a great nature
a great history
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Impressive or striking.
a great show of wealth
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Much in use; favoured.
Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era.
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Of much talent or achievements.
a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer, etc.
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Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
大
巨大
伟大
What a great buffoon!
He’s not a great one for reading.
a great walker
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Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
非正式Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.
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Expression of gladness and content about something.
Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
—I am in my new apartment! —Great!
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A sarcastic inversion thereof.
Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.
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From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
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