Epic



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 叙事诗, 史诗; adj.英雄的, 超出正常范围的
• ［英］ 叙事诗, 史诗 ( long poem about the deeds of one or more great heroes, or a nation's past history)
• ［类］ 反义词: modest ( 一般的; 适度的)
• ［例］ Homer's Iliad is a famous epic.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos word, speech, poem — more at voice
• Date: 1589
• 1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic <an epic poem>
• 2.
  • a. extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope <his genius was epic — Times Literary Supplement>
  • b. heroic
• ? epical adjective
• ? epically adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1706
• 1. a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero <the Iliad and the Odyssey are epics>
• 2. a work of art (as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an epic
• 3. a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an epic <the winning of the West was a great American epic>

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