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great 音標拼音: [gr'et] a.
大的,非常的,主要的,重大的,崇高的,大寫的,強烈的,偉大的
ad. 順利地 大的,非常的,主要的,重大的,崇高的,大寫的,強烈的,偉大的順利地 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. [ 1913 Webster] He doth object I am too great of birth. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Pregnant; big ( with young). [ 1913 Webster] The ewes great with young. -- Ps. lxxviii. 71. [ 1913 Webster] 9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. [ 1913 Webster] We have all Great cause to give great thanks. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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