large
/ lɑ?d?; lɑrd?/ adj (-r, -st)
of considerable size, extent or capacity （大小、 程度或容量）大的: A large family needs a large house. 大家庭需要大的房子. * She inherited a large fortune. 她繼承了壹大筆財產. * He has a large appetite, ie eats a lot. 他胃口很大. * (euph 婉) a large (ie fat) lady 胖女人.
wide in range, scope or scale; broad （範圍或規模）大的, 廣的: an official with large powers 權力很大的官員 * take the large view 持豁達的觀點 * a book dealing with large themes 涉及廣泛內容的書 * large and small farmers 大農場主和小農. =>Usage at big 用法見big.
(idm 習語) (as) large as `life (joc 謔) seen or appearing in person, with no possibility of error or doubt 本人; 本身: And there she was as large as life! 那就是她本人! bulk large => bulk v. by and `large taking everything into consideration 大體上; 壹般而論; 總的來說: By and large, the company's been pretty good to me. 總的來說, 公司對我壹直很好. larger than `life exaggerated in size, so as to seem more impressive （為感人）誇大的: [attrib 作定語] The hero appears as a larger-than-life character. 男主角的表現是高於生活的. writ large => writ.
> large n (idm 習語) at `large (a) (of a criminal, animal, etc) free; not confined （指罪犯、 動物等）自由的, 未關管的, 未縛住的: The escaped prisoner is still at large. 越獄犯依然在逃. (b) at full length; thoroughly and in great detail 詳細地; 充分地; 透徹地: The question is discussed at large in my report. 我在報告中對該問題作了詳細的探討. (c) (used after a n 用於名詞後) as a whole; in general 整個地; 壹般地; 總地: the opinion of students, voters, society, etc at large 學生、 選民、 社會等總的意見.
largely adv to a great extent; chiefly 在很大程度上; 主要地: His success was largely due to luck. 他的成功主要靠運氣.
largeness n [U].
largish adj fairly large 相當大的.
# `large-scale adj [esp attrib 尤作定語]
1 extensive 大規模的: a large-scale police search 警方的大規模搜查.
2 (of a map, model, etc) drawn or made to a large scale so that many details can be shown （指地圖、 模型等）大比例尺的. 德語通-炫型—德英漢電子詞典 中國程序員技術問答社區
21世紀英漢漢英雙向詞典
large
large
[lɑrd?; lɑ:d?]
形容詞
(larg.er; -est)
(
←→ small)
1 大的,巨大的
a. (
形狀等) 大的,大型的
(
→ big同義字)
a ~ dog
大型狗
b. (面積等) 大的; 寬敞的; 遼闊的
a ~ area [room]
遼闊的 [寬敞的] 地區[房間]
c. (數、量、額等) 大的,多的,多數的,大數額的
a ~ amount of money
大額的錢
a ~ population
龐大的人口
a ~ income
大額的收入
d. (範圍、規模等) 廣大的,大規模的
~ powers
大權
~ insight
達觀,卓見
on a ~ scale
大規模地
e. <作風等> 自由的,豪放的
2 小題大作的,誇大的,誇張的
~ talk
大話,豪言壯語
speak in a ~ way
誇張地說
3‘航海’順風的
(as) large as life
→ life
副詞
(larg.er; -est)
1 大,大大地
Print ~.
以印刷體寫大
2 自誇地,誇大地
talk ~
豪言壯語,說大話
名詞
(只用於下列成語)
at large
(1) <嫌犯、動物等> 仍未被捕獲,仍在逃亡,自由地
The murderer is still at ~.
兇手仍逍遙法外
(2) 整個的,壹般的
the public at ~
社會大眾
(3)(美)<議員> (不是選自劃分的某壹個選區而是) 從全州 [郡] 選出的
in (the) large
(1) 大規模地
(2) 廣義地,壹般地
名詞
~.ness