great 音标拼音: [gr'et]
a .
大的,非常的,主要的,重大的,崇高的,大写的,强烈的,伟大的
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大的,非常的,主要的,重大的,崇高的,大写的,强烈的,伟大的顺利地
great adj 1 :
relatively large in size or number or extent ;
larger than others of its kind ; "
a great juicy steak "; "
a great multitude "; "
the great auk "; "
a great old oak "; "
a great ocean liner "; "
a great delay "
2 :
of major significance or importance ; "
a great work of art ";
"
Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey " [
synonym : {
great }, {
outstanding }]
3 :
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect ; "
a great crisis "; "
had a great stake in the outcome "
4 :
very good ; "
he did a bully job "; "
a neat sports car "; "
had a great time at the party "; "
you look simply smashing " [
synonym :
{
bang -
up }, {
bully }, {
corking }, {
cracking }, {
dandy }, {
great },
{
groovy }, {
keen }, {
neat }, {
nifty }, {
not bad (
p )}, {
peachy },
{
slap -
up }, {
swell }, {
smashing }]
5 :
uppercase ; "
capital A "; "
great A "; "
many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script " [
synonym : {
capital }, {
great },
{
majuscule }]
6 :
in an advanced stage of pregnancy ; "
was big with child "; "
was great with child " [
synonym : {
big (
p )}, {
enceinte }, {
expectant },
{
gravid }, {
great (
p )}, {
large (
p )}, {
heavy (
p )}, {
with child (
p )}]
n 1 :
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field ; "
he is one of the greats of American music "
Great \
Great \ (
gr [=
a ]
t ),
a . [
Compar . {
Greater };
superl .
{
Greatest }.] [
OE .
gret ,
great ,
AS .
gre ['
a ]
t ;
akin to OS . &
LG .
gr [=
o ]
t ,
D .
groot ,
OHG .
gr [=
o ]
z ,
G .
gross .
Cf . {
Groat }
the coin .]
1 .
Large in space ;
of much size ;
big ;
immense ;
enormous ;
expanded ; --
opposed to {
small }
and {
little };
as ,
a great house ,
ship ,
farm ,
plain ,
distance ,
length .
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2 .
Large in number ;
numerous ;
as ,
a great company ,
multitude ,
series ,
etc .
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3 .
Long continued ;
lengthened in duration ;
prolonged in time ;
as ,
a great while ;
a great interval .
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4 .
Superior ;
admirable ;
commanding ; --
applied to thoughts ,
actions ,
and feelings .
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5 .
Endowed with extraordinary powers ;
uncommonly gifted ;
able to accomplish vast results ;
strong ;
powerful ;
mighty ;
noble ;
as ,
a great hero ,
scholar ,
genius ,
philosopher ,
etc .
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6 .
Holding a chief position ;
elevated :
lofty :
eminent ;
distinguished ;
foremost ;
principal ;
as ,
great men ;
the great seal ;
the great marshal ,
etc .
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He doth object I am too great of birth . --
Shak .
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7 .
Entitled to earnest consideration ;
weighty ;
important ;
as ,
a great argument ,
truth ,
or principle .
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8 .
Pregnant ;
big (
with young ).
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The ewes great with young . --
Ps .
lxxviii .
71 .
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9 .
More than ordinary in degree ;
very considerable in degree ;
as ,
to use great caution ;
to be in great pain .
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We have all Great cause to give great thanks . --
Shak .
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10 . (
Genealogy )
Older ,
younger ,
or more remote ,
by single generation ; --
often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent ;
as ,
great -
grandfather (
a grandfather '
s or a grandmother '
s father ),
great -
grandson ,
etc .
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{
Great bear } (
Astron .),
the constellation Ursa Major .
{
Great cattle } (
Law ),
all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings . --
Wharton .
{
Great charter } (
Eng .
Hist .),
Magna Charta .
{
Great circle of a sphere },
a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere .
{
Great circle sailing },
the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places .
{
Great go },
the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford ,
England ; --
called also {
greats }.
--
T .
Hughes .
{
Great guns }. (
Naut .)
See under Gun .
{
The Great Lakes }
the large fresh -
water lakes (
Lakes Superior ,
Michigan ,
Huron ,
Erie ,
and Ontario )
which lie on the northern borders of the United States .
{
Great master }.
Same as {
Grand master },
under {
Grand }.
{
Great organ } (
Mus .),
the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (
the others being the choir organ and the swell ,
and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys ),
It is played upon by a separate keyboard ,
which has the middle position .
{
The great powers } (
of Europe ),
in modern diplomacy ,
Great Britain ,
France ,
Germany ,
Austria ,
Russia ,
and Italy .
{
Great primer }.
See under {
Type }.
{
Great scale } (
Mus .),
the complete scale ; --
employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest .
{
Great sea },
the Mediterranean sea .
In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called .
{
Great seal }.
(
a )
The principal seal of a kingdom or state .
(
b )
In Great Britain ,
the lord chancellor (
who is custodian of this seal );
also ,
his office .
{
Great tithes }.
See under Tithes .
{
The great },
the eminent ,
distinguished ,
or powerful .
{
The Great Spirit },
among the North American Indians ,
their chief or principal deity .
{
To be great } (
with one ),
to be intimate or familiar (
with him ). --
Bacon .
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Great \
Great \,
n .
The whole ;
the gross ;
as ,
a contract to build a ship by the great .
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414 Moby Thesaurus words for "
great ":
Brobdingnagian ,
Cyclopean ,
Establishment ,
OK ,
VIP ,
able ,
absolute ,
abundant ,
accomplished ,
ace ,
ace -
high ,
active ,
acute ,
adept ,
adroit ,
aggrandized ,
anticipating ,
apotheosized ,
arch ,
ardent ,
arrant ,
artistic ,
ascendant ,
authoritarian ,
authoritative ,
authorized ,
autocratic ,
awesome ,
awful ,
bad ,
bang -
up ,
banner ,
baron ,
basic ,
beatified ,
best ,
big ,
big gun ,
big man ,
big name ,
big with child ,
big -
laden ,
big -
league ,
big -
name ,
big -
time ,
bighearted ,
bigwig ,
bigwigged ,
bonzer ,
boss ,
brass ,
brass hat ,
breeding ,
brilliant ,
bull ,
bully ,
bumper ,
but good ,
canonized ,
capacious ,
capital ,
cardinal ,
carrying ,
carrying a fetus ,
celebrated ,
celebrity ,
central ,
champion ,
chief ,
chivalrous ,
choir ,
claviature ,
clever ,
close ,
clothed with authority ,
colossal ,
commanding ,
competent ,
comprehensive ,
consequential ,
considerable ,
console ,
consummate ,
controlling ,
cool ,
corking ,
countless ,
crackerjack ,
critical ,
crowning ,
crucial ,
cutting ,
dandy ,
dedicated ,
deep ,
deified ,
delicious ,
devoted ,
dignitary ,
dignity ,
distinguished ,
dominant ,
double -
barreled ,
drastic ,
ducky ,
duly constituted ,
eager ,
earthshaking ,
echo ,
egregious ,
eighty -
eight ,
elder ,
elevated ,
eminent ,
empowered ,
ennobled ,
enormous ,
enshrined ,
enthroned ,
enthusiastic ,
ex officio ,
exalted ,
excellent ,
exceptional ,
excess ,
excessive ,
exhaustive ,
exorbitant ,
expecting ,
expert ,
extensive ,
extraordinary ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
fab ,
faithful ,
famed ,
famous ,
fast ,
fat ,
father ,
fierce ,
figure ,
fine and dandy ,
fingerboard ,
first ,
first -
rate ,
first -
rater ,
flagrant ,
focal ,
foremost ,
full ,
furious ,
gargantuan ,
gear ,
generous ,
genius ,
gestating ,
giant ,
gifted ,
gigantic ,
glaring ,
glorified ,
good hand ,
goodly ,
governing ,
grand ,
grave ,
gravid ,
great man ,
great of heart ,
greathearted ,
grievous ,
groovy ,
handsome ,
headmost ,
healthy ,
hear ,
heavy ,
heavy with child ,
heavyweight ,
hegemonic ,
hegemonistic ,
heinous ,
held in awe ,
heroic ,
high ,
high and mighty ,
high -
minded ,
high -
powered ,
horrendous ,
horrible ,
horrific ,
hot ,
huge ,
hunky -
dory ,
husky ,
idealistic ,
illustrious ,
immense ,
immoderate ,
immortal ,
immortalized ,
imperative ,
important ,
important person ,
incomparable ,
influential ,
inordinate ,
intemperate ,
intense ,
interests ,
intimate ,
irresistible ,
ivories ,
jam -
up ,
just dandy ,
keen ,
keyboard ,
keys ,
knightly ,
knocked up ,
large ,
large -
scale ,
largehearted ,
leading ,
liberal ,
lion ,
lofty ,
lords of creation ,
loving ,
loyal ,
magician ,
magisterial ,
magnanimous ,
magnate ,
magnified ,
mahatma ,
main ,
major ,
mammoth ,
man of genius ,
man of mark ,
man -
sized ,
manual ,
marked ,
marvy ,
massive ,
master ,
master hand ,
mastermind ,
matchless ,
material ,
maximum ,
mean ,
mighty ,
mogul ,
momentous ,
monocratic ,
monstrous ,
nabob ,
name ,
neat ,
nifty ,
nobby ,
noble ,
noble -
minded ,
notability ,
notable ,
noteworthy ,
numerous ,
official ,
okay ,
openhanded ,
organ manual ,
out of sight ,
out -
and -
out ,
outrageous ,
outstanding ,
overruling ,
panjandrum ,
paramount ,
parturient ,
passionate ,
past master ,
peachy ,
peachy -
keen ,
pedals ,
peerless ,
person of renown ,
personage ,
personality ,
piano keys ,
piercing ,
pillar of society ,
plenary ,
potent ,
power ,
power elite ,
powerful ,
practiced hand ,
predominant ,
preeminent ,
preggers ,
pregnant ,
preponderant ,
prestigious ,
prevailing ,
primal ,
primary ,
prime ,
princely ,
principal ,
prodigious ,
prodigy ,
proficient ,
profound ,
prominent ,
pronounced ,
puissant ,
ranking ,
remarkable ,
renowned ,
rigorous ,
ripping ,
rough ,
ruling ,
ruling circle ,
rum ,
sachem ,
sage ,
sainted ,
sanctified ,
scrumptious ,
self -
important ,
senior ,
serious ,
severe ,
sharp ,
shrined ,
significant ,
sizable ,
skilled ,
skilled hand ,
slap -
up ,
smashing ,
solid ,
solo ,
somebody ,
something ,
something else ,
sovereign ,
spacious ,
spectacular ,
spiffing ,
spiffy ,
splitting ,
star ,
stellar ,
strong ,
stunning ,
stupendous ,
sublime ,
substantial ,
superb ,
supereminent ,
superfetate ,
superimpregnated ,
superior ,
superlative ,
superstar ,
supreme ,
surpassing ,
swell ,
talented ,
tall ,
teeming ,
terrible ,
terrific ,
the great ,
the top ,
throned ,
tidy ,
titanic ,
top ,
top brass ,
top people ,
topflight ,
topnotcher ,
total ,
totalitarian ,
tough ,
transcendent ,
tremendous ,
true ,
tycoon ,
unconscionable ,
unforgivable ,
vast ,
vehement ,
venomous ,
very important person ,
violent ,
virtuoso ,
virulent ,
weighty ,
well -
known ,
whiz ,
with child ,
wizard ,
wonderful ,
world -
shaking ,
worthy ,
zealous
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