英汉词典

grand 基本解释

• adj. 宏伟的；豪华的；极重要的
• n. 大钢琴；一千美元
• n. (Grand)人名；(法)格朗；(英、瑞典)格兰德

grand 词态变化

grand 中文词源

来自拉丁文grandis, 巨大的，壮丽的，词源同great. 用做数字量词1000.

grand 英文词源

grand

grand: [16] The original Latin word for ‘big’ was magnus (as in magnify, magnitude, etc). However, it also had grandis. This not only denoted great physical size; it also had connotations of moral greatness or sublimity, and in addition often carried the specialized meaning ‘full-grown’. This last, together with a possibly etymologically connected Greek brénthos ‘pride’ and Old Church Slavonic gradi ‘breast’ suggest that its underlying meaning may be ‘swelling’.

French (grand) and Italian and Spanish (grande) have taken it over as their main adjective for ‘big’, but in English it remains a more specialized word, for things or people that are ‘great’ or ‘imposing’. Its use for denoting family relationships separated by two generations, as in grandmother, was adopted from Old French, and goes back, in the case of grandame and grandsire, to the 13th century, well before the independent adjective grand itself was borrowed.

But the underlying notion is as old as the Greeks and Romans, who used mégas and magnus in the same way.

grand (adj.)

late 14c., grant "large, big" (early 12c. in surnames), from Anglo-French graunt and directly from Old French grant, grand (10c., Modern French grand) "large, tall; grown-up; great, powerful, important; strict, severe; extensive; numerous," from Latin grandis "big, great; full, abundant," also "full-grown;" figuratively "strong, powerful, weighty, severe," of unknown origin. In Vulgar Latin it supplanted magnus and continued in the Romanic languages. The connotations of "noble, sublime, lofty, dignified," etc., were in Latin. In English it developed a special sense of "imposing." Meaning "principal, chief, most important" (especially in titles) is from 1560s; that of "of very high or noble quality" is from 1712. As a general term of admiration, "magnificent, splendid," from 1816. Related: Grander; grandest.

Grand jury is late 15c. Grand piano from 1797. The grand tour of the principal sites of continental Europe, as part of a gentleman's education, is attested by that name from 1660s. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in western U.S. was so called by 1869, popularized by Maj. John Wesley Powell, scientific adventurer, who explored it; earlier it had been known as Big Canyon. For grand slam see slam (n.2).

grand (n.)

"thousand dollars," 1915, American English underworld slang, from grand (adj.).

grand 词组搭配

grand 英文释义

1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

2. a piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually supported by 3 legs

grand 同义词解析

big, large, great, grand

这些形容词均含"大的"之意。

big： 常用词，使用广泛，较口语化。多指体积、重量或容量等方面的"大"，有时也用于描写抽象之物。

large： 普通用词，含义广，指体积、面积、容量、数量以及程度等方面的大，具体或抽象意义均可用。

great： 普通用词，可指具体东西的"大"，但更常指事物的重要，人的行为、品格的伟大等，带一定的感情色彩。

grand： 侧重指盛大、绝大，有气派。

grand, magnificent, majestic, splendid, noble

这些形容词都含有"宏伟壮丽的"之意。

grand： 侧重规模大，豪华而宏伟壮丽、盛大。也可指人的崇高、伟大。

magnificent： 指环境、建筑物等本身的壮丽、堂皇、庄严、崇高或出色等。

majestic： 侧重状态、外表、仪态等给人以威严感。

splendid： 指人在行为、品德或性格等方面的卓越超群；指物侧重外观上的辉煌。用于口语中，作"极好的，绝妙的"解。

noble： 指因本身著名或从外表上看有令人难忘的华丽、庄严、卓越、雄壮或崇高。

grand 双语例句

1. Do you always have a bet on the Grand National?

你总是对全国赛马大会下点注吗？

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2. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.

情报机构策划了一项暗杀陆军部长的重大计划。

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3. President Najibullah said he would call a grand council of all Afghans.

纳吉布拉总统称他将召开阿富汗全民大会。

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4. The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.

欧洲统一货币的宏伟构想已经获得认同。

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5. He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.

结识形形色色的人让他很开心。

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grand 实用场景例句

It'll cost you five grand!

这要花去你5 000块钱！

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She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.

她终于在70岁高龄学会了开车。

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He described himself grandly as a ‘landscape architect ’.

他自封为“景观建筑师”。

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the Grand Duchess Elena

大公夫人埃琳娜

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Fred did a grand job of painting the house.

弗雷德粉刷房子干得很出色。

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Thanks. That'll be grand!

谢谢。那太棒了！

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I had a grand day out at the seaside.

我在海边痛痛快快玩了一天。

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New Yorkers built their city on a grand scale .

纽约人大规模地建造自己的城市。

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a grand design/plan/strategy

宏伟的蓝图；宏大的计划；重大的战略思想

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We stayed at the Grand Hotel.

我们住在格兰酒店。

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the Grand Canyon

大峡谷

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The wedding was a very grand occasion.

婚礼场面非常隆重。

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It's not a very grand house.

这房子并不是十分富丽堂皇。

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They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.

他们打算付你一万美元作为改编老剧本的报酬。

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They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.

他们住在布达佩斯大饭店。

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It came to a grand total of £20,329.

总计20,329英镑。

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He was a grand bloke.

他非常了不起。

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The dinner was a grand success...

晚宴办得十分成功。

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Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out...

若想找个地儿开心地逛一天，没有哪家博物馆能比得上格林尼治皇家天文台。

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The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.

克拉伦斯公爵将会到场，还有你许多牛不可及的朋友亦将出席。

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He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...

他比威尔士亲王还牛气，甚至更有钱。

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The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.

欧洲统一货币的宏伟构想已经获得认同。

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Critics will point to other grand schemes that have gone less well, such as Sheffield's World Student Games disaster...

批评家将会指出其他一些并不成功的大项目，比如谢菲尔德世界大学生运动会这一败笔。

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The scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.

南岛风光壮观秀丽。

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...this grand building in the center of town...

这幢位于市中心的宏伟建筑

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