epical
/ep-ik/US // ˈɛp ɪk //UK // (ˈɛpɪk) //
史诗般的,史诗般地,史诗般,史诗式的
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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
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- : Slang. very; extremely: That's an epic cool video!
n.名词 noun
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Synonyms & Antonyms
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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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