| 正面 | 8764.epic 英 ['epɪk]美 ['ɛpɪk]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、以玩笑(play, joke, jest)的口吻提及，当然就不是明说了，而是暗示、暗指，暗讽，影射，转弯抹角地说到(提及)了。2、带有介词性质含义的前缀在构成单词后，如果该单词有不及物性质，那么它后面再跟介词时，往往跟前缀的介词性质含义相同。3、al- "to" + lud- + -e.adj. 史诗的，叙事诗的n. 史诗；叙事诗；史诗般的作品 例句： 1. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling.马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。 epic 史诗来自PIE*wekw, 说，叙述，词源同voice, invoke. 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 *wekw- "to speak" (see voice (n.)). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731. From 1706 as a noun in reference to an epic poem, "A long narrative told on a grand scale of time and place, featuring a larger-than-life protagonist and heroic actions" [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry"]. Earlier as "an epic poet" (1630s)." |