grand
grand 英 [grænd] 美 [ɡrænd]
adj. 宏伟的；豪华的
名词复数:grands 比较级:grander 最高级:grandest
- Something that's grand is large and impressive. A fancy, catered birthday party with a guest list of hundreds could be described as grand.
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- adj. 宏伟的；豪华的
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1. a grand building
一个宏伟的建筑
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2. It's not a very grand house.
这房子并不是十分富丽堂皇。
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3. The wedding was a very grand occasion.
婚礼场面非常隆重。
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4. the Grand Canyon
大峡谷
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5. a grand design/plan/strategy
宏伟的蓝图；宏大的计划；重大的策略
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Thanks. That'll be grand!
谢谢。那太棒了！
- 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 (n.) "thousand dollars," 1915, American English underworld slang, from grand (adj.).
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