large 音标拼音: [l'ɑrdʒ]
a . 大的,大量的,宽大的,广博的
ad . 大大地,夸大地
n . 大
大的,大量的,宽大的,广博的大大地,夸大地大
large 大
large adv 1 :
at a distance ,
wide of something (
as of a mark )
2 :
with the wind abaft the beam ; "
a ship sailing large "
3 :
in a boastful manner ; "
he talked big all evening " [
synonym :
{
boastfully }, {
vauntingly }, {
big }, {
large }]
adj 1 :
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent ; "
a large city "; "
set out for the big city "; "
a large sum "; "
a big (
or large )
barn "; "
a large family ";
"
big businesses "; "
a big expenditure "; "
a large number of newspapers "; "
a big group of scientists "; "
large areas of the world " [
synonym : {
large }, {
big }] [
ant : {
little }, {
small }]
2 :
fairly large or important in effect ;
influential ; "
played a large role in the negotiations "
3 :
ostentatiously lofty in style ; "
a man given to large talk ";
"
tumid political prose " [
synonym : {
bombastic }, {
declamatory },
{
large }, {
orotund }, {
tumid }, {
turgid }]
4 :
generous and understanding and tolerant ; "
a heart big enough to hold no grudges "; "
that '
s very big of you to be so forgiving "; "
a large and generous spirit "; "
a large heart ";
"
magnanimous toward his enemies " [
synonym : {
big }, {
large },
{
magnanimous }]
5 :
conspicuous in position or importance ; "
a big figure in the movement "; "
big man on campus "; "
he '
s very large in financial circles "; "
a prominent citizen " [
synonym : {
big }, {
large },
{
prominent }]
6 :
having broad power and range and scope ; "
taking the large view "; "
a large effect "; "
a large sympathy "
7 :
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 garment size for a large person Large \
Large \ (
l [
aum ]
rj ),
a . [
Compar . {
Larger } (
l [
aum ]
r "
j [~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Largest }.] [
F .,
fr .
L .
largus .
Cf . {
Largo }.]
1 .
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk ,
capacity ,
quantity ,
superficial dimensions ,
or number of constituent units ;
big ;
great ;
capacious ;
extensive ; --
opposed to {
small };
as ,
a large horse ;
a large house or room ;
a large lake or pool ;
a large jug or spoon ;
a large vineyard ;
a large army ;
a large city .
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Note :
For linear dimensions ,
and mere extent ,
great ,
and not large ,
is used as a qualifying word ;
as ,
great length ,
breadth ,
depth ;
a great distance ;
a great height .
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2 .
Abundant ;
ample ;
as ,
a large supply of provisions .
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We have yet large day . --
Milton .
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3 .
Full in statement ;
diffuse ;
full ;
profuse .
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I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education . --
Felton .
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4 .
Having more than usual power or capacity ;
having broad sympathies and generous impulses ;
comprehensive ; --
said of the mind and heart .
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5 .
Free ;
unembarrassed . [
Obs .]
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Of burdens all he set the Paynims large . --
Fairfax .
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6 .
Unrestrained by decorum ; --
said of language . [
Obs .] "
Some large jests he will make ." --
Shak .
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7 .
Prodigal in expending ;
lavish . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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8 . (
Naut .)
Crossing the line of a ship '
s course in a favorable direction ; --
said of the wind when it is abeam ,
or between the beam and the quarter .
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{
At large }.
(
a )
Without restraint or confinement ;
as ,
to go at large ;
to be left at large .
(
b )
Diffusely ;
fully ;
in the full extent ;
as ,
to discourse on a subject at large .
{
Common at large }.
See under {
Common },
n .
{
Electors at large }, {
Representative at large },
electors ,
or a representative ,
as in Congress ,
chosen to represent the whole of a State ,
in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State . [
U .
S .]
{
To give large }, {
To go large }, {
To run large },
or {
To sail large } (
Naut .),
to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel '
s course in such a way that the sails feel its full force ,
and the vessel gains its highest speed .
See {
Large },
a .,
8 .
Syn :
Big ;
bulky ;
huge ;
capacious ;
comprehensive ;
ample ;
abundant ;
plentiful ;
populous ;
copious ;
diffusive ;
liberal .
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Large \
Large \,
adv .
Freely ;
licentiously . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Large \
Large \,
n . (
Mus .)
A musical note ,
formerly in use ,
equal to two longs ,
four breves ,
or eight semibreves .
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140 Moby Thesaurus words for "
large ":
Brobdingnagian ,
Gargantuan ,
adipose ,
altogether ,
ample ,
amplitudinous ,
as a whole ,
astronomical ,
at large ,
at liberty ,
awesome ,
beamy ,
beneficent ,
big ,
bighearted ,
boundless ,
bounteous ,
bountiful ,
brawny ,
broad ,
bulky ,
bull ,
bumper ,
burly ,
capacious ,
charitable ,
chiefly ,
chunky ,
colossal ,
considerable ,
corpulent ,
cosmic ,
eleemosynary ,
elephantine ,
eminently ,
enormous ,
excessive ,
exorbitant ,
extensive ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
fat ,
free ,
freehanded ,
freehearted ,
galactic ,
gargantuan ,
generally ,
generous ,
gigantic ,
giving ,
good ,
goodly ,
gracious ,
grand ,
great ,
greathearted ,
handsome ,
healthy ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
hospitable ,
huge ,
humongous ,
husky ,
immeasurable ,
immense ,
immoderate ,
imposingly ,
in a body ,
in general ,
in the main ,
infinite ,
inordinate ,
jumbo ,
kind ,
king -
size ,
large -
scale ,
largehearted ,
lavish ,
liberal ,
magnanimous ,
mainly ,
major ,
mammoth ,
man -
sized ,
massive ,
massy ,
monster ,
monstrous ,
monumental ,
mountainous ,
munificent ,
muscular ,
numerous ,
obese ,
on the loose ,
open ,
open -
handed ,
openhanded ,
openhearted ,
outsize ,
overgrown ,
overweight ,
philanthropic ,
portly ,
princely ,
prodigious ,
profuse ,
prominently ,
rotund ,
sizable ,
sizeable ,
solid ,
spacious ,
staggering ,
stintless ,
stocky ,
stout ,
strapping ,
stupendous ,
sturdy ,
substantial ,
tall ,
thickset ,
tidy ,
titanic ,
tremendous ,
unconfined ,
unfettered ,
ungrudging ,
unrestrained ,
unselfish ,
unsparing ,
unstinted ,
unstinting ,
vast ,
voluminous ,
weighty ,
wide
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