[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/
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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
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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]
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