epic

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ep·ic1 /ˈepɪk/ ●○○ noun [countable]  ASTORYa book, poem, or film that tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events 长篇敍事性小说[诗歌，电影]；史诗般的作品 a Hollywood epic 好莱坞史诗电影► see thesaurus at story

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epic• The film was billed as an epic -- an adventure story that would take the world and the box-office by storm.• Now it looks like a scene set from Beau Geste, or one of those biblical epics.• Luo said in a telephone interview from Wuhan that he began preparing his epic in 1988.• Or rent one of the old Steve Reeves muscle epics.• Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics.• This junk pile just happens to be our epic.• The history of a single event has been spun out to fill a 255 page epic.• "The Iliad" is perhaps the most studied epic of all time.• the epic poem "Beowulf'

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epic2 adjective  1  ALSTORYan epic book, poem, or film tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events 英雄的，英勇的；史诗般的 an epic tale of mutiny on the high seas 关于公海哗变的惊心动魄的故事 epic poetry 史诗2  an epic event continues for a long time and involves brave or exciting actions 漫长而艰难的 his epic journey to South America 他远赴南美洲的漫长而艰险的旅程3  BIGvery large and impressive 壮观的；盛大的 He had produced a meal of epic proportions. 他做了一顿丰盛的饭菜。

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epic• The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.• As a life, it had the ingredients of a blockbuster romantic novel or epic costume film.• There is a boy of about the same age in Kanal, Andrzej Wajda's epic film of the Warsaw uprising.• What they added was a sense of grandeur - they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale.• Brecht later worked out of this mould in his different epic theatre.• The rest of the country is missing an epic work.of epic proportions• The country is facing a famine of epic proportions.• For a team that ranks in the bottom third in caring for the ball, this was a triumph of epic proportions.Origin epic2 (1500-1600) Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos “word, speech, poem”

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ep‧ic¹ /ˈepɪk/ noun [countable]
a book, poem, or film that tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events:
    a Hollywood epic
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ story a description of how something happened that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary: a ghost story | a love story | It’s a story about a man who loses his memory. | a book of short stories
   ▪ tale a story about strange imaginary events, or exciting events that happened in the past: a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen | I loved hearing tales of his travels.
   ▪ myth noun [uncountable and countable] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures: an ancient myth | Greek and Roman myths
   ▪ legend noun [uncountable and countable] an old story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true: popular legends of the creation of the world | According to legend, King Arthur was buried there.
   ▪ fable a traditional imaginary short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals: the fable of the tortoise and the hare | a Chinese fable
   ▪ epic a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history: an epic about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace
   ▪ saga a story about a series of events that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family: a family saga beginning in the 1880s
   ▪ yarn informal a long exciting story that is not completely true: The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action.

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epic² adjective1. an epic book, poem, or film tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events:
    an epic tale of mutiny on the high seas
    epic poetry
2. an epic event continues for a long time and involves brave or exciting actions:
    his epic journey to South America
3. very large and impressive:
    He had produced a meal of epic proportions.