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heroic 音標拼音: [hɪr'oɪk] a. 英勇的,英雄式的,壯麗雄偉的
n. 英雄詩,史詩,英勇行為 英勇的,英雄式的,壯麗雄偉的英雄詩,史詩,英勇行為 heroic adj 1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary ( especially in size or scale); " an epic voyage"; " of heroic proportions"; " heroic sculpture" [ synonym: { epic}, { heroic}, { larger- than- life}] 2: relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; " heroic legends"; " the heroic age" 3: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; " the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; " heroic explorers" [ synonym: { heroic}, { heroical}] 4: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; " an expansive lifestyle"; " in the grand manner"; " collecting on a grand scale"; " heroic undertakings" [ synonym: { expansive}, { grand}, { heroic}] 5: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; " made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; " the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G. C. Marshall; " they took heroic measures to save his life" [ synonym: { desperate}, { heroic}] n 1: a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter [ synonym: { heroic verse}, { heroic meter}, { heroic}] Heroic \ He* ro" ic\, a. [ F. h[' e] ro[" i] que, L. hero[" i] cus, Gr. " hrwi: ko` s.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure. [ 1913 Webster] { Heroic Age}, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived. { Heroic poetry}, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry. { Heroic treatment} or { Heroic remedies} ( Med.), treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate case. { Heroic verse} ( Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry, being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic poetry the hexameter. Syn: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous; illustrious. [ 1913 Webster] 195 Moby Thesaurus words for " heroic": Alcaic, Anacreontic, Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Castalian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, abysmal, acknowledged, admitted, alto, altruistic, astronomic, audacious, august, bardic, baritone, bass, big, bighearted, bold, bold- spirited, brave, bravura, bucolic, chivalric, chivalrous, choral, choric, classical, coloratura, colossal, conventional, courageous, customary, cyclopean, daring, dauntless, desperate, determined, didactic, distinguished, dithyrambic, doughty, dramatic, drastic, eclogic, elegiac, elephantine, elevated, eminent, enormous, epic, established, exaggerated, exalted, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, falsetto, famous, fearless, fixed, folk, gallant, generous, giant, giantlike, gigantic, glorious, godlike, grand, grandiose, great, great of heart, greathearted, hallowed, handed down, handsome, hardy, herolike, high, high- minded, hoary, honorable, huge, hymnal, idealistic, idyllic, immemorial, immense, infinite, intrepid, inveterate, ironhearted, jumbo, knightlike, knightly, largehearted, lauded, legendary, liberal, lionhearted, liturgical, lofty, long- established, long- standing, lyric, magnanimous, magnificent, magniloquent, majestic, mammoth, manful, manly, mighty, miraculous, mock- heroic, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, mythological, narrative, noble, noble- minded, of long standing, of the folk, openhanded, operatic, oral, pastoral, plucky, poetic, poetico- mystical, poetico- mythological, poetico- philosophic, poetlike, prescriptive, princely, prodigious, profound, prominent, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, renowned, rhapsodic, rooted, runic, sacred, sapphic, singing, skaldic, soaring, soldierlike, soldierly, soprano, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, stupendous, sublime, superb, tenor, time- honored, titanic, towering, traditional, treble, tremendous, tried and true, true- blue, unafraid, undaunted, understood, unwritten, upstanding, valiant, valorous, vast, venerable, virile, virtuous, vocal, wonderful, worshipful
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