1580s, "pertaining to or constituting a lengthy heroic poem," via Middle French épique or directly from Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos "a word; a tale, story; promise, prophecy, proverb; poetry in heroic verse," from PIE *wekw- "to speak" (see voice (n.)). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731. From 1706 as a noun in reference to an epic poem, "A long narrative told on a grand scale of time and place, featuring a larger-than-life protagonist and heroic actions" [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry"]. Earlier as "an epic poet" (1630s).
雙語例句
1. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling.
馬赫福茲先生講述的故事過於宏大，主題有些混亂了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their epic fight is the subject of a new film.
他們史詩般的戰鬥是一部新電影的主題。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Like "Gone With The Wind" it's an unashamed epic romance.
和《飄》一樣,它也是一個無所顧忌的史詩般的愛情故事.
來自柯林斯例句
4. I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.