【grand音标】 英[grænd] 美[grænd]
【单词释义】 grand是什么意思:
adj.宏伟的,宏大的;重大的;壮丽的,堂皇的;(最)重要的;豪华的
n.一千美元;大钢琴
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] grands
[比较级] grander [最高级] grandest
【关联词/派生词】
grandeur n.[U]宏伟;壮丽,雄伟;伟大;高贵
grandiose adj.宏伟的;堂皇的;浮夸的;宏大的
【grand形近词/近似词】
errand n.差使;差事
brand n.牌子;烙印
【单词例句】
◇ His wife was a part-time clerk. With his high bonus, she lived in a grand house with elegant cushions and bedding.
他的妻子是一位非全日性工作的职员,有了他的高津贴,她住在一所装饰有优雅垫子和寝具的富丽堂皇的屋子里。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ A famous American John Muir said in 1898: “The Grand Canyon -- as unearthly in the color and grandeur and quantity of its architecture as if you had found it after death on some other star.”
一位著名的美国人约翰-缪尔曾在1898年说过:“(科罗拉多)大峡谷 —— 它的色彩和构造的宏伟多样是世上所无的,就像是人消亡以后在别的星球上发现的东西。”
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ This is a grand conception that excites and provokes. The holders of this view claim that the origins of our highest accomplishments - liturgy, literature, and law - can be traced to a play impulse which, paradoxically, we see most purely enjoyed by young beasts and children. Our sports, in this rather happy, nonfatalistic view of human nature, are more splendid creations of the nondatable, trans species play impulse.
这是一个令人兴奋、给人启发的伟大见解。 这种见解的持有者宣称,我们的最高成就如宗教典礼、文学、法律的起源可以追溯到游戏的冲动。 但令人不解的是我们看到只有幼兽和小孩子才最纯粹地享受着这种冲动。 从这种比较豁达和非宿命的人性观来看,我们的运动是超时代、跨物种的辉煌的创造。
---- The Origin of Sports