Английский Этимологический словарь - epic
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~1 n 1 a book, poem, or film that tells a long story (Universal Pictures' dinosaur epic "Jurassic Park") 2 a long poem that tells the story of what gods or important people did in ancient times (Homer's epic "Iliad") ~2 adj 1 epic stories or poems are full of brave actions and events (Phileas Fogg's epic journey around the world) 2 very big or impressive (of epic proportions) (They organized a banquet of epic proportions.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(epics) 1. An epic is a long book, poem, or film, whose story extends over a long period of time or tells of great events. ...the Middle High German epic, ‘Nibelungenlied’, written about 1200... At three hours and 21 minutes, it is an over-long, standard Hollywood epic. N-COUNT: usu supp N • Epic is also an adjective. ...epic narrative poems... Like ‘Gone With The Wind’ it’s an unashamed epic romance. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Something that is epic is very large and impressive. ...Columbus’s epic voyage of discovery. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, from Greek epikos, from epos word, speech, poem — more at voice Date: 1589 1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an ~ an ~ poem 2. a. extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope his genius was ~ — Times Literary Supplement b. heroic • ~al adjective • ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1706 1. a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero the Iliad and the Odyssey are ~s 2. a work of art (as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an ~ 3. a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an ~ the winning of the West was a great American ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary figures, e.g. the Iliad, Paradise Lost. 2 an imaginative work of any form, embodying a nation's conception of its past history. 3 a book or film based on an epic narrative or heroic in type or scale. 4 a subject fit for recital in an epic. --adj. 1 of or like an epic. 2 grand, heroic. Derivatives epical adj. epically adv. Etymology: L epicus f. Gk epikos f. epos word, song ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сокр. от electronic printer image construction программа преобразования из машинного в удобочитаемый вид ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. эпическая поэма; эпопея national epic —- национальный эпос 2. героические, легендарные события; эпопея the defence of the city was a great epic —- оборона города вошла в историю 3. ам. фильм на историческую или библейскую тему; пышный постановочный фильм; киноэпопея ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) эпическая поэма 2) coll. многосерийный приключенческий фильм; приключенческий роман с продолжениями 2. adj. эпический ...Англо-русский словарь
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