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TOEFL BNC: 11865 COCA: 8602

epic

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Related topics: Arts
ep·ic1 /ˈepɪk/ ●○○ noun [countableC]
ASTORYa book, poem, or film that tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events 長篇敍事性小說[詩歌，電影]；史詩般的作品
a Hollywood epic
好萊塢史詩電影
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Examples from the Corpus
epic• The film was billed as an epic -- an adventure story that would take the world and the box-office by storm.• Now it looks like a scene set from Beau Geste, or one of those biblical epics.• Luo said in a telephone interview from Wuhan that he began preparing his epic in 1988.• Or rent one of the old Steve Reeves muscle epics.• Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics.• This junk pile just happens to be our epic.• The history of a single event has been spun out to fill a 255 page epic.• "The Iliad" is perhaps the most studied epic of all time.• the epic poem "Beowulf'
Related topics: Literature
epic2 adjectiveadj
1  ALSTORYan epic book, poem, or film tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events 英雄的，英勇的；史詩般的
an epic tale of mutiny on the high seas
關於公海嘩變的驚心動魄的故事
epic poetry
史詩
2  an epic event continues for a long time and involves brave or exciting actions 漫長而艱難的
his epic journey to South America
他遠赴南美洲的漫長而艱險的旅程
3  BIGvery large and impressive 壯觀的；盛大的
He had produced a meal of epic proportions.
他做了一頓豐盛的飯菜。
Examples from the Corpus
epic• The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.• As a life, it had the ingredients of a blockbuster romantic novel or epic costume film.• There is a boy of about the same age in Kanal, Andrzej Wajda's epic film of the Warsaw uprising.• What they added was a sense of grandeur - they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale.• Brecht later worked out of this mould in his different epic theatre.• The rest of the country is missing an epic work.
of epic proportions• The country is facing a famine of epic proportions.• For a team that ranks in the bottom third in caring for the ball, this was a triumph of epic proportions.
Origin epic2
(1500-1600) Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos “word, speech, poem”
ep·ic1 nounepic2 adjectiveadj
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TOEFL BNC: 11865 COCA: 8602
TOEFL BNC: 11865 COCA: 8602
epic noun
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TOEFL BNC: 11865 COCA: 8602
epic
Types of poem: ballad, blank verse, cycle...
Films and types of film: animation, anime, biopic...
Types of story or play: adaptation, allegory, anecdote...
Long periods of time: eternity, light years, ages...
Words used to describe stories: abridged, a rattling good story/read, autobiographical...
Not pleasant and enjoyable: unpleasant, bad, awful...
Pleasant, enjoyable and relaxing: pleasant, enjoyable, relaxing...
Words used to describe large amounts and quantities: substantial, considerable, extensive...

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