epic
epic 英 [ˈepɪk] 美 [ˈɛpɪk]
adj. 史诗的，叙事诗的 n. 史诗；叙事诗；史诗般的作品
名词复数:epics
- An epic is a long poem or other work of art celebrating heroic feats. After you sail around the world for seven years, fighting corruption and planting vegetable gardens, some poet will surely write the epic of your adventures.
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- adj. 史诗的，叙事诗的
- n. 史诗；叙事诗；史诗般的作品
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1. Mobile phone users who send 10 texts a day type out the equivalent of the epic novel War and Peace every five and a half years, new research has found.
英国一项新的研究发现，手机用户每天发送10条短信，那么每五年半，他所输出的短信字数就相当于一部史诗小说《战争与和平》。
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2. All of which is to say that "Spider-Man", with its broken aerial stunts and epic sense of doom, is an unforgettably vulgar show, and—really! —one worth seeing for that reason.
总的来说，有着这样糟糕的特技，注定失败的叙事诗感觉的“蜘蛛侠”，是一个让人难忘的粗俗的演出，并且也真的因此才值得一看。
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3. And we want to tell an epic story.
我们想讲一个史诗般的故事。
- epic (adj.) 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 root *wekw- "to speak."
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