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大的,大量的,寬大的,廣博的大大地,誇大地大

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Large \Large\, n. (Mus.)
   A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four
   breves, or eight semibreves.

Large \Large\, a. [Compar. {Larger}; superl. {Largest}.] [F.,
   fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.]
   1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk,
      capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of
      constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --
      opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or
      room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large
      vineyard; a large army; a large city.

   Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not
         large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length,
         breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.

   2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

            We hare yet large day.                --Milton.

   3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

            I might be very large upon the importance and
            advantages of education.              -- Felton.

   4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad
      sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
      of the mind and heart.

   5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]

            Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax.

   6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.]
      ``Some large jests he will make.'' --Shak.

   7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a
      favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam,
      or between the beam and the quarter.

   {At large}.
      (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large;
          to be left at large.
      (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse
          on a subject at large.

   {Common at large}. See under {Common}, n.

   {Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, electors, or
      a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the
      whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to
      represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.]

   {To give, go, run, or sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind
      crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way
      that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains
      its highest speed. See {Large}, a., 8.

   Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;
        abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive;
        liberal.

Large \Large\, adv.
   Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

資料來源 : WordNet®

large
     adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or
            extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a
            large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family";
            "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number
            of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large
            areas of the world" [syn: {big}] [ant: {small}, {small}]
     2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a
        large role in the negotiations"
     3: large enough to be visible to the naked eye [syn: {macroscopic},
         {macroscopical}] [ant: {microscopic}]
     4: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
        "tumid political prose" [syn: {bombastic}, {declamatory},
        {orotund}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
     5: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
        to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
        forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large
        heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: {big}, {magnanimous}]
     6: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
        movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
        financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: {big}, {prominent}]
     7: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large
        view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
     8: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
        "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
         {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
        child(p)}]

large
     n : a garment size for a large person

large
     adv 1: at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
     2: with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
     3: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: {boastfully},
         {vauntingly}, {big}]
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