Vast Majority Vastness Extremely Vɑːst Væst The Adj
This flashcard defines "vast" as an adjective meaning extremely large in area, size, or amount. It includes examples like "vast stretches of land" and "the vast majority of the eggs."
This flashcard defines "vast" as an adjective meaning extremely large in area, size, or amount. It includes examples like "vast stretches of land" and "the vast majority of the eggs."
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]巨大的;广大的;广阔的 Something that is vast is extremely large.
[usu ADJ n]
...Afrikaner farmers who own vast stretches of land...
拥有广袤土地的南非白人农场主
The vast majority of the eggs would be cracked.
绝大部分鸡蛋都会被打碎。
vastness
...the vastness of the desert.
沙漠的浩瀚无边
Oxford
vast★/vɑːst; NAmEvæst/adjectiveextremely large in area, size, amount, etc. 辽阔的;巨大的;庞大的;大量的SYN
huge
◆a vast area of forest莽莽苍苍的森林◆a vast crowd一大群人◆a vast amount of information大量信息◆At dusk bats appear in vast numbers.蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。◆His business empire was vast.他的企业规模庞大。◆In the vast majorityof cases, this should not be a problem. 在绝大多数情况下,这应该不成问题。▶vast·nessvastnessvastnesses/vɑːstnəs; NAmEvæstnəs/noun[uncountable , countable ]◆the vastness of space太空的浩瀚无垠vastvastervastestvast/vɑːst; NAmEvæst/vast·ness/vɑːstnəs; NAmEvæstnəs/
LDC
vastvast /vɑːst $ væst/ ●●○W2 adjective
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1extremely largeSYN hugevast amounts/numbers/quantities/sums etc (of something) The government will have to borrow vast amounts of money. The refugees come across the border in vast numbers.vast areas/expanses/tracts etc (of something) vast areas of rainforest In the past five years, there has been a vast improvement in graduation rates.► see thesaurus at
big
2the vast majority (of something) used when you want to emphasize that something is true about almost all of a group of people or things: The vast majority of books on the subject are complete rubbish.—vastness noun [uncountable]
WDF
vast
[vɑ:st]
级别:vaster, vastest
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巨大的(64%),广阔的(36%)
n.浩瀚;广阔无垠的空间
adj.广阔的;巨大的;大量的;巨额的
n.(Vast)人名;(法)瓦斯特
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