英语词汇“larger than life”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) larger than (†the) life: bigger than lifesize; (now usually, in extended use) having a more powerful personality than is natural or expected, displaying exaggerated or extreme characteristics. See also larger-than-life adj.

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1695 W. Congreve Let. 10 July in J. Dennis Lett. Several Occasions (1696) 88 The distance of the Stage requires the Figure represented, to be something larger than the Life.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋8 Love or Flattery might perhaps be thought to have drawn the Picture larger than Life.

1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy II. xxviii. 61 He is larger than the life, cloathed in a magnificent pallium.

1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire xvii. 284 A statue larger than life, of pure crystal, was displayed to his sight.

1897 Times 8 Feb. 12/3 It is acted upon what may be called a..lavish scale. All the dramatis personæ are somewhat larger than life.

1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) i. 12 I'm sorry to be so lacking in melodrama, but honestly your ancestors were probably painted larger than life.

1999 Alumnus Apr. 13/3 A device under study can also be rendered larger than life, enabling the observer to physically walk inside the image to observe various effects.

2008 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 22/2 The characters are larger than life yet credible.

单词	larger than life
释义	> as lemmas larger than (†the) life (b) larger than (†the) life: bigger than lifesize; (now usually, in extended use) having a more powerful personality than is natural or expected, displaying exaggerated or extreme characteristics. See also larger-than-life adj. ΚΠ 1695 W. Congreve Let. 10 July in J. Dennis Lett. Several Occasions (1696) 88 The distance of the Stage requires the Figure represented, to be something larger than the Life. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋8 Love or Flattery might perhaps be thought to have drawn the Picture larger than Life. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy II. xxviii. 61 He is larger than the life, cloathed in a magnificent pallium. 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire xvii. 284 A statue larger than life, of pure crystal, was displayed to his sight. 1897 Times 8 Feb. 12/3 It is acted upon what may be called a..lavish scale. All the dramatis personæ are somewhat larger than life. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) i. 12 I'm sorry to be so lacking in melodrama, but honestly your ancestors were probably painted larger than life. 1999 Alumnus Apr. 13/3 A device under study can also be rendered larger than life, enabling the observer to physically walk inside the image to observe various effects. 2008 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 22/2 The characters are larger than life yet credible. extracted from lifen. < as lemmas
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