1580s, "pertaining to or constituting a lengthy heroic poem," via Middle French épique or directly from Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos "a word; a tale, story; promise, prophecy, proverb; poetry in heroic verse," from PIE *wekw- "to speak" (see voice (n.)). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731. From 1706 as a noun in reference to an epic poem, "A long narrative told on a grand scale of time and place, featuring a larger-than-life protagonist and heroic actions" [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry"]. Earlier as "an epic poet" (1630s).
epic 英文释义
1. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
epic 双语例句
1. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling.
马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。
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2. Their epic fight is the subject of a new film.
他们史诗般的战斗是一部新电影的主题。
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3. Like "Gone With The Wind" it's an unashamed epic romance.
和《飘》一样,它也是一个无所顾忌的史诗般的爱情故事.
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4. I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.
我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事.
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5. I read the epic work " War and Peace ".
我读过长篇巨著 《 战争与和平 》.
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epic 实用场景例句
one of the great Hindu epics
伟大的印度教史诗之一
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the creative genius of Greek epic
富有创造力的希腊史诗天才
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Their four-hour match on Centre Court was an epic.
他们在中心球场历时四个小时的比赛是一个壮举。
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an epic poem
史诗般的诗
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an epic journey/struggle
漫长而艰难的旅程；艰苦卓绝的斗争
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a tragedy of epic proportions
巨大的不幸
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...Columbus's epic voyage of discovery.
哥伦布伟大的发现之旅
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...the Middle High German epic, 'Nibelungenlied', written about 1200...
写于1200年左右的中古高地德语史诗《尼贝龙根之歌》
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At three hours and 21 minutes, it is an over-long, standard Hollywood epic.
这部影片长达3小时21分钟，是部超长的标准好莱坞式史诗电影。
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The Tower of Babel is extremely significant to the epic of the Bible.
巴别塔对于圣经史诗来说是有极为重要意义的.
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He just preferred epic loots than the man who were always here for him.
他在史诗装备和一个一直和他在一起的人之间选择了史诗装备.
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The dance epic was created on the initiative of Premier Zhou Enlai.
这部作品是在周恩来的倡导下进行的.
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Flying Mount added for Engineers. Regular and Epic version.
新的飞行坐骑, 工程学独有,有普通和史诗两种.
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Virgil was the greatest of Latin poets and wrote the great epic, the Aeneid.
维吉尔是最伟大的拉丁诗人,著有伟大的史诗《埃涅阿斯纪》.
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The film took an epic 160 days to film.
这部电影拍摄长达160天.
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I read the epic work " War and Peace ".
我读过长篇巨著 《 战争与和平 》.
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New epic swim form. Druids needed another method to escape.
新的史诗游泳形态. 小德需要更多的逃跑方式.
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The preamble introduces research condition about an epic and the epic.
序言主要涉及了有关史诗的研究动态.
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It is perhaps the best of epic fantasies.
这也许是史诗奇幻小说中最好的.
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European distributors and critics have praised the film as grandest epic in recent Chinese history.
欧洲的发行商和电影评论家已将这部电影看做近代中国历史上最为壮观的史诗大片.
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Reconstructing the Mycenaean age is possible through archaeological evidence and through epic poetry ( Homer ).
重构迈锡尼时代是可能通过的考古证据,并通过史诗 ( 荷马 ).
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In the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu is wild man created by the god Anu.
在古代的吉尔伽美什史诗中, 恩奇杜是由阿奴神创造出来的野人.
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The Epic also contains a whole host of parallels to our very own old Testament.
史诗还包括了我们非常独特的旧约的整个导轨.
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Similarly, we had fun on The Lord of the Rings, which is a colossal epic.
当我拍摄《沉睡谷》时, 我们得到了许多乐趣.
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His poetry in India enjoys the status of epic.
他的诗在印度享有史诗的地位.
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This article mainly commends the epic singers upon their artistic insight and singing techniques.
