heroic
heroic 英 [həˈrəʊɪk] 美 [həˈroʊɪk]
adj. 英雄的；英勇的
名词复数:heroics
- Heroic means having the qualities of a hero, such as bravery. Maybe on your daily walk, you see a house on fire, and you run into the flames repeatedly to save the family and their pets, including the fish! That’s heroic.
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- adj. 英雄的；英勇的
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1. a heroic figure
英雄人物
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2. Rescuers made heroic effortsto save the crew.
救援人员不畏艰险努力营救全体船员。
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3. a heroic story
英雄故事
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4. This was foolishness on a heroic scale.
这简直是天大的蠢事。
- heroic (adj.) 1540s, "having or displaying the qualities of a hero," shortened from heroical (early 15c., also heroycus) "noble, magnanimous," from Latin heroicus "of a hero, heroic, mythical," from Greek heroikos "of or for a hero, pertaining to heroes," from heros (see hero (n.1)). In some modern uses, "having recourse to extreme measures." The Heroic Age, semi-mythical prehistoric period in Greece, ended with the return of the armies from the fall of Troy. Related: Heroically. Heroic verse (1610s), decasyllabic iambic, is from Italian.
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