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. The presence of such a being is grand. 这样一个存在的到场是盛大的。
2. The museum that we visit is very grand. 我们参观的博物馆是非常雄伟的。
3. This time even greater darkness befell earth as well as the Grand Masters themselves. 这一次甚至更大的黑暗降临到了地球和大师们自己身上。
英英解释
n.
1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
2. a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs adj.
1. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
2. of or befitting a lord
3. rich and superior in quality
4. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
5. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
6. large and impressive in physical size or extent
7. the most important and magnificent in adornment
8. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
网络释义
Grand 金树伟;
格兰德;
盛大的;
吴 辉;
Grand Canyon 大峡谷;
科罗拉多大峡谷;
大峽谷;
(美国亚利桑那州)大峡谷;
grand slam 大满贯;
指澳网、法网、温网、美网四大满贯赛事;
大满贯测井;
大满贯(赛事)(即一年内赢得全部四大赛);