英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. [口] 大亨,大企業

2. 2. [棒球俚] 大球會 指美國兩大棒球聯盟之一



3. adv. (副詞 adverb)
   1. 大量地,大大地

   think big

   雄心萬丈,野心勃勃.

4. 2. 自負地,誇大地

   look big

   顯出一副了不起的樣子

   talk big

   【口】 吹牛,說大話,自吹自擂

5. 3. [美‧口] 順利地,成功地



6. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
   1. 大的

   have big ideas

   有高見;有大志

   big money

   一大筆錢;高薪

   big pay

   高薪

   be elected by a big majority

   以壓倒多數當選.

7. 2. [美‧學俚] 長大了的,年齡較大的 【使用說明】與稱呼或名字連用,表示尊敬或親熱

8. 3. 膨脹起來的

9. 4. 懷孕的 現在使用 pregnant

10. 5. 充滿著…的,洋溢著…的

    a heart big with grief

    心中充滿悲哀

    a war big with the fate of the nation

    決定國家存亡的戰爭.

11. 6. 偉大的,重大的

12. 7. [美‧口] 有名的,影響大的

    He is very big in Denver.

    他在丹佛很有名氣

13. 8. [俚] 喜歡的,偏愛的

    They are very big on Reagan.

    他們很愛讀雷根的作品.

14. 9. [口] 寬宏的,大度的 【使用說明】常作反語

15. 10. (在某一方面)突出的

    a big eater

    大肚漢.

16. 11. 矯飾的

17. 12. 傲慢的

18. 13. 自大的

    big words

    豪言壯語,大字眼.

柯林斯英英辭典

adj. (adjective)

1. of great or considerable size, height, weight, number, power, or capacity

2. having great significance; important

a big decision

3. important through having power, influence, wealth, authority, etc

the big four banks

4. (intensifier usually qualifying something undesirable)

a big dope

5. [informal] considerable in extent or intensity (esp in the phrase in a big way)

6. elder

my big brother

7. grown-up

when you're big, you can stay up later

8. generous; magnanimous

that's very big of you

9. (in combination)

big-hearted

10. [often foll by with] brimming; full

my heart is big with sadness

11. extravagant; boastful

he's full of big talk

12. (of wine) full-bodied, with a strong aroma and flavour

13. in an advanced stage of pregnancy (esp in the phrase big with child)

adv. (adverb)

1. [informal] boastfully; pretentiously (esp in the phrase talk big)

2. in an exceptional way; well

his talk went over big with the audience

3. on a grand scale (esp in the phrase think big)

4. See also big up

5. [Etymology] C13: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect bugge big man

vb

1. [Scot] to build

2. to excavate (earth) into a pile

3. [Etymology] from Old Norse byggja; related to Old English buian to inhabit