| 单词 | epic |
| 释义 | epic (once / 591 pages) 1nadj 2adj An epic is a long poem or other work of art celebrating heroic feats. After you sail around the world for seven years, fighting corruption and planting vegetable gardens, some poet will surely write the epic of your adventures. Epic comes from the Greek for song, because Greek poets like Homer sung their poems. We tend to use epic for long, ambitious novels or movies, especially if they involve a long journey. Epic can be used as an adjective to describe something historically important, lasting and complex. Perhaps your great-grandfather was a soldier in the epic struggle of World War One. Your three day, sleepless card poker game could be described as epic. WORD FAMILYepic: epical, epically, epics USAGE EXAMPLESBut as bad as those floods were, they paled in comparison to the epic floods that hit southern Louisiana in August. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Fused into abstractions, the disparate pieces yield paintings that are as eventful as epic Renaissance canvasses. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Their epic pursuit of the perfect card requires years of scouting, months of planning and hours of driving. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper epic poem, epos, heroic poem Aeneid an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire Divina Commediaa narrative epic poem written by Dante Iliada Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy Odysseya Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy Nibelungenliedan epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings chanson de geste Old French epic poems rhapsodyan epic poem adapted for recitation heroic, heroic meter, heroic versea verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter poem, verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines 2adj constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic 2epic tradition Syn epical adj very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) an epic voyage Syn heroic, larger-than-life big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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