great

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɹeɪt/|/ˈɡɹɛjt/    美 /ˈɡɹeɪt/|/ˈɡɹæɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
    — Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
  2. The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
  3. An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
    — My three-greats grandmother.
形容词 adj.
  1. Taking much space; large.
    — “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like // Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.[…]”
  2. Taking much space; large.; Much, more than usual.
    — great worry
  3. Taking much space; large.; Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. UK,informal
    — a dirty great smack in the face
  4. Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic. informal
    — Dinner was great.
  5. Important, consequential.
    — a great dilemma
  6. Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s).
    — great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather
  7. Pregnant; large with young; full of. obsolete,postpositional
    — great with child
  8. Intimate; familiar. obsolete
    — those that are so great with him
  9. Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
    — a great deed
  10. Impressive or striking.
    — a great show of wealth
  11. Much in use; favoured.
    — Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era.
  12. Of much talent or achievements.
    — a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer, etc.
  13. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
    — What a great buffoon!
副词 adv.
  1. Very well (in a very satisfactory manner). informal,not-comparable
    — Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Expression of gladness and content about something.
    — Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
  2. A sarcastic inversion thereof.
    — Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
grand super- supra- hyper- ultra- uber- macro- arch- over- mega- giga- -zilla gr8 grt
反义词
tiny mediocre ordinary
衍生词
a great deal a great many behind every great man is a great woman behind every great man there stands a woman child-great death is the great leveller double great primer engreaten go great guns go to great lengths great albatross great antshrike great ape great artery Great Assize great auk great-aunt great aunt greataxe great balls of fire great bass great bass recorder great beyond great bifurcation great big great bit bucket in the sky great bittern great black-backed gull great black hawk great blue heron great blue lobelia greatbow great brown kingfisher great bulrush great bustard great cabin great Caesar's ghost great cardiac vein great casino great cassino great cat great cerebral vein great chain of being great chamber great circle great circle arc great-circle arc great circle route greatcoat great comet great conjunction great cormorant great crest great crested grebe great crested newt great cry and little wool great cubicuboctahedron Great Dane great deal great divide great dodecahedron Great Dying great eggfly great egret greaten Great Feasts great fee Great Filter great go great-go great goosegrass great-grand great-grandaunt great-grandchild great grandchild great granddaughter great-granddaughter great grandfather great-grandfather great-grandfather-in-law great grandkid great-grandkid great-grandma great grandmaster great grandmother great-grandmother great grand multipara great grand multiparity great grand multiparous great-grandnephew great-grandniece great-grandpa great-grandparent great grandparent great-grandparenthood great grandson great-grandson great-granduncle great-great-grandchild great great grandchild great great granddaughter great-great-granddaughter great great grandfather great-great-grandfather great-great-grandma great-great-grandmother great great grandmother great great grandparent great-great-grandparent great-great-grandson great great grandson great-great-great-grandfather great great great grandfather great great great grandmother great-great-great-grandmother great-great-nephew great green macaw great grey owl great grey shrike great gross great gun great guns great hall greathammer great haste makes great waste Greathead greathearted great-hearted great-heartedness great heaume great heavens great helm great horned owl great horsetail Great Hours great house great hundred great icosahedron great icosihemidodecahedron great imitator greatish great job great knot great laurel Great Leap Forward greatly great man theory great-martyr great martyr great martyress great masquerader great minds great minds think alike great morel great mullein great-nephew greatness great-niece great northern bean great northern diver great northern loon great northern prawn great northern shrike great oaks from little acorns grow great octave great office of state great one great outdoors great power great-pox great pox great primer great prior great ragweed great ramshorn great reed warbler great replacement great replacement theory great reset great rhododendron great rhombicuboctahedron Great Rift Valley great room greatroom great saphenous vein great sapphirewing great Satan great Scott great seahorse great seal great seal script great skua great slaty woodpecker great snipe greatsome great spotted kiwi great spotted woodpecker great spur wheel great stone-curlew greatsword great-tailed grackle Great Terror great thick-knee great thrush great tinamou great-tit great tit great toe great uncle great-uncle great unhosed great unwashed great vessel Great Vowel Shift great wall Great War great whale great wheel great white great white egret great white heron great white hope great white rat great white shark great willowherb grunkle little strokes fell great oaks no great scratch no great shakes nongreat overgreat pearl of great price piss on from a great height small rain lays great dust success is a great deodorant take great pains the great and the good time is a great healer time is a great healer of all wounds time is the great healer to a great extent two-line great primer ungreat winning is a great deodorant with great difficulty Great Alne Great Altcar Great Amwell Great and Little Hampden Great and Little Leighs Great Australian Bight Great Aycliffe Great Ayton Great Bardfield Great Barford Great Barr Great Barrier Island Great Barrier Reef Great Barrington Great Barton Great Bavington Great Bedwyn Great Belt Great Bend Great Bentley Great Bernera Great Bookham Great Bourton Great Bowden Great Bridge Great Bridgeford Great Britain Great Broughton Great Budworth Great Chart Great Chesterford Great Cheverell Great Comberton Great Coxwell Great Cumbrae Great Dalby Great Dawley Great Driffield Great Dunmow Great Ellingham Great Elm Great Falls Great Glen Great Gonerby Great Hampden Great Harrowden Great Harwood Great Haywood Great Heck Great Holland Great Horton Great Horwood Great Houghton Great Island Great Kimble Great Lakes Great Longstone Great Mackerel Beach Great Malvern Great Marlow Great Missenden Great Munden Great Musgrave Great Ness Great North Road Great Orme Great Ouse Great Oxendon Great Pacific Garbage Patch Great Paxton Great Ponton Great Rollright Great Salkeld Great Salt Lake Great Sankey Great Shefford Great Shelford Great Slave Lake Great Snoring Great Somerford Great Southern Great Stour Great Sutton Great Tew Great Tey Great Torrington Great Urswick Great Wakering Great Wall of China Great Waltham Great Welnetham Great Whelnetham Great Witchingham Great Wolford Great Yarmouth Great Yeldham

词源

词源 1
From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
词源 2
From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
词源 3
From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
词源 4
From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
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