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epical

/ep-ik/US // ˈɛp ɪk //UK // (ˈɛpɪk) //

史诗般的,史诗般地,史诗般,史诗式的

Related Words

tale故事,岈,岈语legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物narrative叙述,叙事,叙述性,叙述性的saga传奇,传奇故事,传说,传奇私服heroic poem英雄诗,英雄诗词,英雄诗篇,豪情诗

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    Also ep·i·cal .

    • : noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.
    • : resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country.
    • : heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war.
    • : of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions.
    • : Slang. spectacular; very impressive; awesome: Their burgers and fries are epic!
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Slang. very; extremely: That's an epic cool video!
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an epic poem.
    • : epic poetry.
    • : any composition resembling an epic.
    • : something worthy to form the subject of an epic: The defense of the Alamo is an American epic.
    • : Also called Old Ionic . the Greek dialect represented in the Iliad and the Odyssey, apparently Aeolic modified by Ionic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpoetic
Synonyms
anapestic贬义词,贬低,贬损,贬值dactylic二重奏,二重唱,二声部,双音节dramatic戏剧性的,巨大的,戏剧性,戏剧性地elegiac婉转的,挽歌,挽歌式,婉转epic史诗般的,史诗般,史诗般地,史诗性epodic偶发性,偶发性的,偶发事件,偶发iambic咏叹调,抑扬顿挫,偶数,抑扬格idyllic田园诗般的,田园诗般地,田园诗般,田园风光imaginative富有想象力的,富有想象力,富有想像力的,富于想象力的lyric抒情诗,抒情,抒情歌曲,抒情歌lyrical抒情,抒情的,抒情性,抒情性的melodious悠扬的,悠扬,悠扬的旋律,轻柔的metrical韵律,计量学,计量,计量的odic恶性循环,恶性事件,恶作剧,恶性肿瘤rhythmical有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏感的,富有节奏感romantic浪漫的,浪漫,罗曼蒂克,浪漫主义songlike类似歌曲,如歌,像歌,类似歌曲的tuneful有调性,有调性的,有调子的,有声有色
as inpoetical
Synonyms
anapestic贬义词,贬低,贬损,贬值dactylic二重奏,二重唱,二声部,双音节dramatic戏剧性的,巨大的,戏剧性,戏剧性地elegiac婉转的,挽歌,挽歌式,婉转epic史诗般的,史诗般,史诗般地,史诗性epodic偶发性,偶发性的,偶发事件,偶发iambic咏叹调,抑扬顿挫,偶数,抑扬格idyllic田园诗般的,田园诗般地,田园诗般,田园风光imaginative富有想象力的,富有想象力,富有想像力的,富于想象力的lyric抒情诗,抒情,抒情歌曲,抒情歌lyrical抒情,抒情的,抒情性,抒情性的melodious悠扬的,悠扬,悠扬的旋律,轻柔的metrical韵律,计量学,计量,计量的odic恶性循环,恶性事件,恶作剧,恶性肿瘤rhythmical有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏感的,富有节奏感romantic浪漫的,浪漫,罗曼蒂克,浪漫主义songlike类似歌曲,如歌,像歌,类似歌曲的tuneful有调性,有调性的,有调子的,有声有色

Examples

  • The Celtic nations stand almost alone in this, that they did not employ poetry for epical narrative.

  • In these careful discriminations of character we see a non-epical trait, and of necessity therefore, a non-Icelandic trait.

  • This poem has often been called an epic, and certainly there are many epical characteristics in it.

  • In King John the lyrical, epical, satirical and pathetic chords are all present, if they are scarcely harmonized.

  • This is to say that Draytons genius was naturally not so much epical as lyrical and descriptive.

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