英汉词典

vast 基本解释

• adj. 广阔的；巨大的；大量的；巨额的
• n. 浩瀚；广阔无垠的空间
• n. (Vast)人名；(法)瓦斯特

vast 词态变化

vast 中文词源

来自拉丁语vastus,荒废的，空无的，引申词义辽阔的，无垠的，词源同vain,waste.

vast 英文词源

vast

vast: [16] Latin vastus originally meant ‘empty, unoccupied, deserted’. The sense ‘huge’, in which English borrowed it, is a secondary semantic development. Another metaphorical route took it to ‘ravaged, destroyed’, in which sense it lies behind English devastate and waste.
=> devastate, waste

vast (adj.)

1570s, "being of great extent or size," from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus "immense, extensive, huge," also "desolate, unoccupied, empty." The two meanings probably originally attached to two separate words, one with a long -a- one with a short -a-, that merged in early Latin (see waste (v.)). Meaning "very great in quantity or number" is from 1630s; that of "very great in degree" is from 1670s. Very popular early 18c. as an intensifier. Related: Vastly; vastness; vasty.

vast 英文释义

1. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;

"huge government spending"

"huge country estates"

"huge popular demand for higher education"

"a huge wave"

"the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"

"immense numbers of birds"

"at vast (or immense) expense"

"the vast reaches of outer space"

"the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

vast 同义词解析

huge, enormous, immense, giant, gigantic, colossal, vast, massive, tremendous

这些形容词均有"巨大的，庞大的"之意。

huge： 含义广，强调体积或容积的庞大。也可用于引申意义。

enormous： 指体积、数量或程度远远超过一般标准。

immense： 正式用词，侧重空间的广阔，也指面积或分量的巨大。

giant： 非正式用词，多为褒义。指如巨人般的庞大体积。

gigantic： 指面积或体积的巨大，但多用于引申意义。

colossal： 侧重尺寸、规模和体积的无比巨大。

vast： 多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。

massive： 指大的体积、数量和重量，侧重庞大而笨重。

tremendous： 指某物很大，大得惊人；也可用作引申意义。

vast 双语例句

1. In the cities vast crowds have been demonstrating for change.

在城市里，大批的人群举行示威游行，要求进行变革。

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2. Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.

葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。

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3. This vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers.

这个存量巨大的档案室的所有文件都已编了索引，可供研究人员使用。

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4. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.

污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。

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5. Compact discs have brought about a vast improvement in recorded sound quality.

激光唱片极大地提高了录音的音质。

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vast 实用场景例句

a vast area of forest

莽莽苍苍的森林

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a vast crowd

一大群人

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a vast amount of information

大量信息

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At dusk bats appear in vast numbers .

蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。

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His business empire was vast.

他的企业规模庞大。

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In the vast majority of cases, this should not be a problem.

在绝大多数情况下，这应该不成问题。

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[不可数名词, 可数名词]the vastness of space

太空的浩瀚无垠

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...Afrikaner farmers who own vast stretches of land...

拥有广袤土地的南非白人农场主

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The vast majority of the eggs would be cracked.

绝大部分鸡蛋都会被打碎。

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The domain is vast.

领域广大.

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A vast expanse of golden crops lay before us.

我们眼前展现出一大片金黄色的庄稼.

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The fields covered with snow became a vast expanse of whiteness stretching to infinity.

田野被大雪覆盖,白茫茫的一眼望不到边.

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His behavior is injurious to the interests of the vast majority of people.

他的行为有损于大多数人民的利益.

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Alexander held dominion over a vast area.

亚历山大曾统治过辽阔的地域.

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Ahead lay a vast expanse of wheat.

前面是一大片小麦.

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It is a vast expanse of desert.

那是一片辽阔的沙漠.

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It's vast and hazy in the distance.

远处一片迷茫

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The vast majority of the workers here are Protestants.

这里的工人绝大多是新教徒.

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China has a vast territory and a large population.

中国地域辽阔,人口众多

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The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.

那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动.

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A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.

山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前.

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We have a vast expanse of cultivated land.

我们有大片的耕地.

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An individual is only a tiny grain in the vast sea; it is the masses of people that are the boundless ocean.

个人只是沧海的一粟, 人民群众才是无垠的大海.

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The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.

暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原.

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Modernization of a vast country like China cannot be done at one go.

在中国这样一个幅员广大的国家里,要实现四个现代化,不可能一蹴而就.

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a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes

一大批形状大小不一的瓶子

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Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside.

城市发展导致大片的乡村遭到毁坏。

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vast tracts of forest

大片大片的森林

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