big

英 [bɪɡ] 美 [bɪɡ]

• adj. 大的；重要的；有雄心的；受欢迎的
• adv. 宏大地；夸大地；成功地
• n. 杰出的组织和个人

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 大的,硕大的,高大的

   large in size, extent or intensity

2. 重要的,重大的

   important

3. 年龄较大的,长大了的

   older

4. 成功的; 大受欢迎的

   successful; popular with the public

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 重大的，重要的
2. 大的
3. 年龄较大的
4. 巨大的
5. 成功的，伟大的
6. 大受欢迎的
7. 热中于…的，狂热的
8. 经常做某事的
9. 大方的，慷慨的
10. 长大的
11. 严重的
12. 自视过高的
13. (字母)大写的
14. <口>雄心勃勃的
15. (葡萄酒)浓烈香醇的

adv. 副词

1. 大大地，大量地
2. 给人印象深地
3. 成功地
4. 宽宏大量地
5. 怀着雄心，雄心勃勃地
6. 浮夸地，夸口地，自大地，夸大地，自命不凡地
7. 令人注目地，令人难忘地
8. 在很大程度上

n. 名词

1. 大亨
2. 巨子
3. 大公司
4. 杰出的组织和个人

v. 动词

1. 建造，塑造

英英释义

Adjective:

1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

   "a large city"
   "set out for the big city"
   "a large sum"
   "a big (or large) barn"
   "a large family"
   "big businesses"
   "a big expenditure"
   "a large number of newspapers"
   "a big group of scientists"
   "large areas of the world"
   

2. significant;

   "graduation was a big day in his life"
   

3. very intense;

   "a bad headache"
   "in a big rage"
   "had a big (or bad) shock"
   "a bad earthquake"
   "a bad storm"
   

4. loud and firm;

   "a big voice"
   "big bold piano sounds"
   

5. conspicuous in position or importance;

   "a big figure in the movement"
   "big man on campus"
   "he's very large in financial circles"
   "a prominent citizen"
   

6. prodigious;

   "big spender"
   "big eater"
   "heavy investor"
   

7. exhibiting self-importance;

   "big talk"
   

8. feeling self-importance;

   "too big for his britches"
   "had a swelled head"
   "he was swelled with pride"
   

9. (of animals) fully developed;

   "an adult animal"
   "a grown woman"
   

10. marked by intense physical force;

    "a big wind"
    

11. generous and understanding and tolerant;

    "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"
    "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"
    "a large and generous spirit"
    "a large heart"
    "magnanimous toward his enemies"
    

12. given or giving freely;

    "was a big tipper"
    "the bounteous goodness of God"
    "bountiful compliments"
    "a freehanded host"
    "a handsome allowance"
    "Saturday's child is loving and giving"
    "a liberal backer of the arts"
    "a munificent gift"
    "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
    

13. in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

    "was big with child"
    "was great with child"
    

Adverb:

1. extremely well;

   "his performance went over big"
   

2. in a boastful manner;

   "he talked big all evening"
   

3. on a grand scale;

   "think big"
   

4. in a major way;

   "the play failed big at the box office"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. New York is a big commercial city.
   纽约是一座大的商业城市。
2. His business yields big profits.
   他的生意带来巨大的利润。
3. Don't cry, you are a big boy now.
   别哭，你现在已经是大男孩了。
4. The big moment has come at last!
   重要的时刻终于到来了！
5. The big thing is that you know what you want.
   重要的是你必须知道自己想要什么。
6. He's got a lot of big ideas about how to change the system.
   就如何改变体制，他有一些远大的想法。
7. That rock and roll band is very big in Chicago.
   那个摇滚乐团在芝加哥很受欢迎。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. You need to think big(= aim to achieve a lot).
   你要敢想。
2. As for us, we mustn't talk big in our external propaganda.
   在我们自己方面，对外宣传不要夸大。
3. The band comes over big with pop fans.
   该乐队受流行音乐歌迷欢迎大为成功。

用作名词 (n.)

1. With that new promotion he's now one of the bigs in the company.
   通过那次得晋升，他现在是公司的杰出员工之一。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n./pron.

1. There is a big bell in the room.
   屋里有口大钟。
2. Their house is a big one.
   他们的房子很大。
3. Tourism has been Thailand's biggest earner of foreign exchange since 1982.
   自从1982年以来,旅游业一直是泰国最大的外汇来源。
4. This is a piece of big news.
   这是一条重要新闻。
5. The big question is under discussion.
   那个重要的问题正在讨论之中。
6. His biggest programme was to design equipment that would fit a number of breeds.
   他最大的规划是设计一种可适用于不同品种动物的装置。
7. The young man had big ideas.
   这个年轻人有抱负。
8. “Don't cry. You are a big boy now,”the mother said to her son.
   “不要哭,你已经是大孩子了,”母亲对她的儿子说道。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. This mouse is very big.
   这只老鼠很大。
2. Baggy sweaters are big this year.
   今年宽松的毛衣大受欢迎。
3. We have reason to believe that our dictionary will go big among the English teachers.
   我们有理由相信我们的词典会受到英语教师的欢迎。
4. He is big and busy.
   他一直很忙。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. The child is big for his age.
   就这孩子的年龄来说,他的个儿算是大的。
2. That's very big of you.
   你真宽宏大量。

S+be+～+to -v

1. Cage is big enough to go to school by herself.
   凯奇已经长大,可以自己去上学了。

It is/was+～+of sb+to -v

1. It was big of you to do that.
   你这样做度量真大。

经典引文

• Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars That makes ambition virtue.

  出自：Othello , Shakespeare

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

as big as life

和原物一样大 as large as sth/sb former

big on

精于; 热衷于 keen on (sth); enthusiastic about (sth)

big with

已怀孕多时的 pregnant for a long time

too big for one's boots〔britches〕

妄自尊大; 目中无人 considering everyone beneath one's notice; supercilious

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• big beat 重拍
• big business 大企业
• big city 大城市
• big campaign 声势浩大的运动
• big change 大变化
• big dinner 大餐
• big girl 大姑娘
• big house 大房子
• big ideas 抱负
• big improvement 很大的改进
• big man 肥大的人；要人
• big mistake 大错误
• big river 大河
• big sister 大姐姐
• big talk 大话
• big tree 大树
• big voice 大声
• big wind 大风
• big bug 显贵
• big cheese 重要人物
• big head 自命不凡的人
• big mouth 多嘴的人
• big news 重要新闻
• the big question 重要问题

副词+～

• a little big 一点点大
• very big 非常大

～+副词

• big enough 足够大

～+介词

• big on 精于,热衷于
• big with 充满…的,已怀孕多时的

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. big作“大”解时,形容物时指体积、面积、范围、容量和重量等“大”；形容人时侧重指身大体胖或辈分大，用于儿童则含“长大成熟”之义，有时也指大人物。当抽象名词不表示一般概念而表示某一具体内容时也可用big修饰。big用在口语中还可表示“宽宏大量的”。
2. big与on连用意思是“精于,热衷于”; 与with连用有“充满…的”意思,引申可表示“快要生育”。
3. big and可修饰后面的形容词,其意思不是“大得和…”,而是“非常”,即very。
4. big or small是固定短语,可置于名词之后,表示强调,意思是“不论大小”。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

big, great, large

• 这三个词都可表示“大”,常可互换。例如“一棵大树”可说a big tree,也可以说a large tree,还可以说a great tree。其区别在于:
• 1.big常用于体积、程度、分量; large常用于面积、范围、数量; 而great带有强烈的感情色彩,只可用于抽象事物。例如:
• The sun is a big ball of fire.太阳是个巨大的火球。
• There is a large hall in the middle of the school campus.校园中间有个大厅。
• The great animal crept slowly towards me.这庞然大物慢慢向我爬来。
• He has made great progress.他取得了很大进步。
• 2.修饰人时,这三个词含义不同:big指长大或大人物, large指高大肥胖,而great则指(伟)大。例如:
• She is a big girl.她现在是个大姑娘了。
• He's the greatest man I've ever seen.他是我见过的最伟大的人物。
• She is a large woman.她是个高大的女人。
• 3.在语气上, big比large通俗; great比large感情色彩浓。
• 4.big和great常可用来加强语气,表示强烈的感情。它们可以和别的形容词连用,也可以彼此连用。例如:
• You great age!您真是高龄!
• You big fool!你真是个大傻瓜!
• Move your great big smelly feet!拿开你的臭脚!
• 注意只能说great big,不能说big great。
• 5.如将“大小”相对,可说big and little, large and small, great and little〔small〕。

下面各组中短语的意思不同:

• big enough box 足够大的箱子
• enough big box 足够的大箱子
• a big family 子女众多的大家庭
• a great family 名门望族
• a big building 高耸的建筑物
• a great building 雄伟的建筑物
• a large building 巨大的建筑物

big，large，great，grand

• 这些形容词均含“大的”之意。
• big常用词，使用广泛，较口语化。多指体积、重量或容量等方面的“大”，有时也用于描写抽象之物。
• large普通用词，含义广，指体积、面积、容量、数量以及程度等方面的大，具体或抽象意义均可用。
• great普通用词，可指具体东西的“大”，但更常指事物的重要，人的行为、品格的伟大等，带一定的感情色彩。
• grand侧重指盛大、宏大的、有气派。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的big，意为大的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• enormous
• great
• huge
• immense
• large
• tremendous

【反义词】

• little
• small
• tiny