| 词汇 | big |
| 释义 | big adjective uk /bɪɡ/ us /bɪɡ/bigger | biggest bigadjective (LARGE)A1 large in size or amount: （尺寸或数量）大的，巨大的 He's a big man.他是个身材高大的人。 Could I try these shoes in a bigger size?这双鞋我能试一双大一点儿的吗？ They have a big house in the country.他们在乡下有一幢大房子。 She has blonde hair and big blue eyes.她头发金黄，有一双大大的蓝眼睛。 She had a big pay rise.她的工资涨了很多。 great bigI had a great big slice of chocolate cake for dessert.我甜点吃了一大块巧克力蛋糕。 biggest everA thousand people took part in the region's biggest ever cycle race.1000人参加了本地区有史以来规模最大的自行车赛。 informalYou write August with a big (= capital) "a".August 这个单词的首字母 a 要大写。 big spenderinformalShe's always been a big spender (= she has always spent a lot of money).她花钱总是大手大脚。 big eaterinformalYou're not a very big eater, are you? (= You do not eat a lot.)你吃得并不多，对吗？ Synonyms astronomical(LARGE)informal colossal elephantineformal enormous gargantuan giant gigantic ginormousinformal goodlyold-fashioned great(BIG) hefty huge immense jumbo large mahoosiveUKinformal mammoth massive outsize oversizemainly US prodigiousformal respectable sizeablemainlyUK stupendous thumpingUKinformal tidymainly UK tremendous vast voluminousformal wallopinginformalhumorous whoppinginformal having a body that is bigger than average largeThey sell clothes for large men. bigHe is quite big for his age. well builtHe's muscular and well built. heavysetThe victim was a heavyset, bearded male in his 30s. thicksetMax is thickset and heavy, like a rugby player. burlyHe got out of the way for the burly biker. greater than the average size or amount bigThey live in a big house in the country. largeA large number of people were crowded into the room. greatThe party was a great success. enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs. A2informal older or more like an adult: 年龄较大的;长大的 big brotherHer big (= older) brother told her to go away. big sisterHer big (= older) sister drove her to school. big enoughI'm ashamed of you. You're big enough to know better (= at an age where you should know that your behaviour is not acceptable).我为你感到害臊。你这么大了，该知道好歹了。 adult activities, behaviour, etc. adultThe victim was an adult male. adultA lot of people have never seen an adult movie. bigWhat do you want to do when you’re big? grown upHer children are all grown up now. full-grownThe website offers both puppies and full-grown dogs for sale. grownI've seen grown men cry when she sings. C2[ before noun ]informal used to add emphasis: （用于强调） You're a big bully!你真是一个大恶霸！ in a big way very much: 拼命地，玩命地 He fell for her in a big way (= was very attracted to her). Prices are increasing in a big way. Her life has changed in a big way since she became famous. in a way that involves many people or things, or happens over a large area: Social media has taken over the internet in a very big way. The supermarket chain likes to do things in a big way. The company knows that the technology could lead to people working from home in a big way. What happened to your jacket? There's a big rip in the sleeve. The big windows make the room feel wonderfully light and airy.大窗户使房间显得特别明亮、通透。 There's a big sports hall for tennis and badminton and such like.那里有一个可供网球、羽毛球等比赛用的大型体育馆。 We made a big profit on that deal.我们在那笔生意上获利颇丰。 That jacket looks a bit big for you. Big and quite big appreciable baronial bigly bloated boxcar bulky expansive grandly heaping hearty heftily hefty higher pumped rambling roomy royal royally sizable the bigger the betteridiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Describing age & birthdays Linguistics: very & extreme General words for size and amount bigadjective (IMPORTANT)A2 important, because of being powerful, or having a lot of influence or a serious effect: 重要的；影响大的；严重的 He had a big decision to make.他要作一个重要的决定。 There's a big difference between starting up a business and just talking about it.真正创办一个企业和只是口头讲讲是有很大区别的。 The big story in the news this week is the mayor's resignation.本周的重要新闻是市长的辞职。 The four biggest banks are all planning to cut their service charges.四大银行都在计划降低服务费用。 having great effect or influence importantIt was one of the most important legal cases of the century. bigThis is a big match tonight - if we lose, we won't be in the playoffs. majorThis is a major decision so we'd better get it right. significantDid he make any significant changes to my suggestions? having a bad result or outcome seriousHer condition is not thought to be serious. badHe got a bad case of food poisoning. bigOnline fraud is a big problem. majorIt's not a major problem, but it does need to be taken care of. graveThe public are in grave danger. be big in somewhere/somethinginformal to be important or famous in a particular place or type of work: 重要；名气大 They're big in Japan, but no one's heard of them here.他们在日本的名气很大，但这里的人并没听说过他们。 C1informal If a product or activity is big, it is extremely popular: 流行的，受欢迎的 Hip-hop is still big today.嘻哈音乐现在仍然流行。 She'll be in big trouble if she crashes Sam's car. Her big opportunity came when she was offered a role in a Spielberg film. His height and reach give him a big advantage over other boxers. I must get some sleep - I've got a big day tomorrow. Exercise can make a big difference to your state of health. Very important or urgent all-important at all costsidiom be a matter of life and/or deathidiom cardinally chief last last but not leastidiom leading life-altering life-and-death overriding primacy primary prime principally prior seminal tectonic weightily weighty You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Liked, or not liked, by many people See alsohave big shoes to fill Idiomsa big ask be big of someone be big on something big fish/cheese/gun/noise/shot/wheel the big/bigger picture the bigger the better the bigger they are, the harder they fall the big I am have big ideas make it big too big for your boots what's the big idea? big noun[ plural ] USinformaluk /bɪɡ/ us /bɪɡ/ the taller players on a basketball team: The coach likes his bigs to protect the basket and fight for rebounds. All of our bigs are good shooters. the bigs the leagues(= groups of teams that take part in competitions between each other) where sport is played at the highest level, especially in baseball: He first made it to the bigs as a twenty-year-old. He leads the bigs in home runs this year. They used a rotation of bigs to neutralize the opposition's star player. He had a ten-year career in the bigs. He finally made it to the bigs after spending nine years in the minor leagues. Basketball, netball & volleyball airball alley-oop b-ball backcourt backfield dime dunk foul game ball goaltending granny shot half-court half-court press pivot quintet rebound rebounder rebounding reverse dribble turnover You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Baseball & rounders big | American Dictionarybig adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/bɪɡ/-gg- bigadjective[-er/-est only] (LARGE)large in size or amount: a big ant/man/building/city Do you have these shoes in a bigger size? He tried to impress his friends by using big words. She got a big raise. I had a great big slice of chocolate cake. This is the region’s biggest bicycle race. Big can also mean to a large degree: a big spender/eater infml Big can also mean older: a big sister/brother infml Big can also be used to add emphasis: You’re a big bully! bigadjective[-er/-est only] (IMPORTANT)important, because of being powerful, influential, or having a serious effect: He had a big decision to make about his future. There’s a big difference between starting up a business and just talking about it. The big story in the news this week is the blizzard in the Midwest. We just bought a house, so today’s a big day for us. infml If a product or activity is big, it is extremely popular: Those toys are very big in Japan. Idiomsbig deal be big on something no big deal big | Business Englishbig adjective informaluk /bɪɡ/us too big to failBANKING, FINANCE describing a bank that is so important to the economy of a country that the government will give it public money to prevent it from failing. This happened with many big banks between 2008-2009. : UK taxpayers funded banks thought too big to fail to the tune of billions of pounds, which makes the latest round of public spending cuts very hard to take. Who was it said that if a bank is too big to fail, it's too big? Examples of bigbig The example en stor stol (a big chair) seems straightforward. In any case, now that the big cosmetics companies were paying for research into alternatives, they were no longer available as targets. To the south there was a big garden with a group of chestnut trees. However, unlike in the highlands, only the big commercial farmers were present in the lowlands. Another, potentially bigger benefit is that the inference can make program code robust against changes of types. There is probably no bigger issue for human and animal welfare than understanding and controlling pain and suffering. Near-zero discounting plays a big role in stimulating the collection of information signals and stimulating research on increasing the precision of these signals. This effect is bigger, if gender income differences are big. Then, to thunderous drumming of the big drum and clashing of the large cymbals, they dance past each other and exit in separate directions. Corporate concentration had grown to such proportions that only the national government could rein in the dominance of big business. If these had been debated, passed and implemented - a very big ' if ' - the battles of the following four years might just have been obviated. The six big multinationals3 have a very large market share for seeds of certain crops. It was demonstrated that this spider did not simply consume greater quantities of aphids because it was bigger. Over the long term, the intentions of the big powers are usually realized. In other words, the longer the female's larval and pupal stages were, the bigger were her eggs. See all examples of big These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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