big 常用词,使用广泛,较口语化。多指体积、重量或容量等方面的“大”,有时也用于描写抽象之物。
large 普通用词,含义广,指体积、面积、容量、数量以及程度等方面的大,具体或抽象意义均可用。
great 普通用词,可指具体东西的“大”,但更常指事物的重要,人的行为、品格的伟大等,带一定的感情色彩。
grand 侧重指盛大、绝大,有气派。
参考例句
1. I am a woman with big dreams. 我是一个有远大理想的女人。
2. I have small ears and big feet. 我有很小的耳朵和很大的脚。
3. Are all of your kind so… big? 你们这一族都是这麽的…巨大?
英英解释
adj.
1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
2. significant
3. conspicuous in position or importance
4. very intense
5. loud and firm
6. prodigious
7. (of animals) fully developed
8. marked by intense physical force
9. feeling self-importance
10. exhibiting self-importance
11. generous and understanding and tolerant
12. given or giving freely
13. in an advanced stage of pregnancy adv.
1. extremely well
2. in a boastful manner
3. on a grand scale
4. in a major way