• adj. 史詩的，敘事詩的
• n. 史詩；敘事詩；史詩般的作品

來自PIE*wekw, 說，敘述，詞源同voice, invoke.

epic (adj.)

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).

1. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling.

馬赫福茲先生講述的故事過于宏大，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.

他們史詩般的戰斗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.

我放棄了寫敘事詩,而寫了這個小故事.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I read the epic work " War and Peace ".

我讀過長篇巨著 《 戰爭與和平 》.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》