单词 | epic |
释义 | epic n. & adj. --n   1. a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary figures, e.g. the Iliad, Paradise Lost.   2. an imaginative work of any form, embodying a nation's conception of its past history.   3. a book or film based on an epic narrative or heroic in type or scale.   4. a subject fit for recital in an epic. --adj   1. of or like an epic.   2. grand, heroic. Derivatives epical adj. epically adv. Etymology: L epicus f. Gk epikos f. epos word, song |
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