| 单词 | big |
| 释义 | big (bɪg ) Word forms: bigger , biggest 1. adjective A1 A big person or thing is large in physical size. Australia's a big country. Her husband was a big man. The car was too big to fit into our garage. Synonyms: large, great, huge, giant 2. adjective A2 Something that is big consists of many people or things. The crowd included a big contingent from Ipswich. ...the big backlog of applications. 3. adjective A2 If you describe something such as a problem, increase, or change as a big one, you mean it is great in degree, extent, or importance. The problem was just too big for her to tackle on her own. There could soon be a big increase in unemployment. Synonyms: important, serious, significant, grave 4. adjective A1 A big organization employs many people and has many customers. Exchange is largely controlled by big banks. ...one of the biggest companies in Italy. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you say that someone is big in a particular organization, activity, or place, you mean that they have a lot of influence or authority in it. [informal] Their father was very big in the army. [+ in] I'm sure all the big names will come to the club. Synonyms: powerful, important, prime, principal 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If you call someone a big bully or a big coward, you are emphasizing your disapproval of them. [informal, emphasis] 7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Children often refer to their older brother or sister as their big brother or sister. 8. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Capital letters are sometimes referred to as big letters. [informal] ...a big letter J. 9. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Big words are long or rare words which have meanings that are difficult to understand. [informal] They use a lot of big words. Synonyms: difficult, long, learned, formal 10. make it big phrase If you make it big, you become successful or famous. [informal] We're not just looking at making it big in the U.K., we want to be big internationally. 11. to think big phrase If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money. Maybe we're not thinking big enough. 12. in a big way phrase If something is happening in a big way, it is happening on a large scale. [informal] I think boxing will take off in a big way here. Quotations: The bigger they come, the harder they fall Idioms: give someone a big hand to clap a performer I'm Hal Morgan and these are the Praise Him Singers from Muncie, Indiana, so let's give them a big hand. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the big guns the most important and powerful people in an organization She is in great demand by the film industry's big guns. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a big girl's blouse [British] a man whose behaviour is weak and not like a man's should be We'll get that soppy big girl's blouse with the dodgy knee who cries all the time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a big fish in a small pond one of the most important and influential people in a small organization or social group. In American English, you can also talk about a big frog in a small pond. In Rhodesia I was a big fish in a small pond. But here there'd be many lean years before I built up a reputation. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a big fish an important or powerful person The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a big cheese [informal] a person who has an important and powerful position in an organization During the conference big cheeses from the State Department were dropping in and out all the time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get too big for your boots [British] or get too big for your britches to behave as if you are much more important or clever than you really are Nobody in England will ever allow us to get too big for our boots. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a big ask something which you have been asked to do that is very difficult or demanding It's a pretty big ask to run faster in the second half of the race. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers carry a big stick to have a lot of power, and therefore be able to get what you want The company carries a big stick. Over the past 107 years it has built itself up into the biggest brand in the world and now controls 44 per cent of the global market. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers big time used to emphasize the importance or extent of something that is happening With a little luck we could make this plan work, and work big time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hit the big time to become very famous and successful The fashion designer hit the big time in 1935, when he was chosen to design the Duchess of Gloucester's wedding dress. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a big wheel someone who has an important and powerful position in an organization or society They flew Robin to New York, where George's uncle was a big wheel at Memorial Hospital. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: big boost Choose button or shitake for the biggest boost. The Sun (2018) We were also meant to get a big boost in infrastructure spending. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This will give us a big boost. The Sun (2010) So fighting the flab is a big boost for your health in many ways. The Sun (2013) Why are we not getting a big boost from cheap fuel? Times, Sunday Times (2009) Your passion profile shows putting love into words can feel like a big gamble but it gets a relationship moving. The Sun It took a big gamble on shipping in extra cars to meet the hoped-for demand that scrappage was expected to produce. The Sun It was a big gamble, but it appears to have paid off. Times, Sunday Times It was a big gamble selling the house to send me to an academy. Times, Sunday Times At some point, anyone who's really successful has had to take a big gamble, but some you lose. Times, Sunday Times This was a big win for us today. The Sun We completed our big win the next day and, less than three hours after the final ball, the ground was flooded by a huge storm. The Sun The park celebrated its big win with a fun day last weekend while accepting a 1,000 cheque. The Sun His third big win in a year lifts him into the world's top ten for the first time. The Sun You can look back on hugely successful teams and identify their first big win and steps along the way. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 大的 Japanese: 大きい |
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