| 单词 | big |
| 释义 | bigbiggerbiggestbigbig /bɪg/ adjective1large, or larger than the average size OPP small: a big red balloon一个红色的大气球the biggest city in the worldbig世界上最大的城市How big is their new house?be他们的新房子有多大？THESAURUS fat2important or serious OPP small: a big decision一个重大决定This is a very big match for our team.be这对我们队来说是一场非常大的比赛。We have some big problems.problem我们有几个大问题。It was the biggest mistake of my life.bebig这是我一生中最大的错误。THESAURUS important3successful or popular: His last film was a big hit.be他的最近一部电影非常成功。He’ll never make it big (=become successful) as a professional golfer.他绝不会成为一名成功的职业高尔夫球手。4big sister/brother informal your big sister or brother is older than you arePhrasesbig deal spoken used when you do not think something is as important as someone else thinks it is: It’s just a game. If you lose, big deal.这只是个游戏﹐输了也没什么大不了的。It’s no big deal (=it’s not important). 没有关系的。big money (also big bucks American English) informal a lot of money: He was offered big money for his life story.beoffer有人出很多钱要写他的传记。THESAURUS: bigbig you use big when talking about the size of something. You also use it when talking about things that are very serious or important: a big countrya big mana big mistakea big decisionGetting a car has made a big difference to my life.gethavemakelarge you use large when talking about the size of something. You also use it when talking about numbers or amounts. Large sounds more formal than big and is the usual word to use in written English: a large paintingpaintThe museum attracts a large number of visitors.attractnumbvisitorLarge areas of the forest have been destroyed.areabedestroymajor big and important or serious, especially when compared to others of the same kind: Pollution is a major problem.bethe major political partiespartya major earthquakea major accidentsubstantial rather big. Substantial sounds more formal than big and is used especially when writing about amounts and numbers, increases and decreases: A new roof will cost a substantial amount of money.a substantial increase in the number of homeless peoplenumbvery biggreat very big – used especially when something has a big effect or seems very impressive: The show was a great success.beThere have been great changes in society.bechangeLuckily the damage wasn’t very great.a matter of great importancea great achievementhuge/massive/enormous extremely big: Their house is huge.beThere is an enormous amount of work to do.bea massive increase in oil pricespriceIt’s a massive problem.The company is massive.bean enormous manvast extremely big – used about areas, distances, numbers, or amounts: a vast area of rainforestVast numbers of tourists visit the island every year.numbertouristgigantic/colossal extremely big in size or amount – often used about things that are also very high: Gigantic waves crashed onto the beach.wavecrasha colossal statuethe gigantic bones of a dinosaurbonea colossal waste of money |
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