main road，avenue，Av.，highway，road；

[例句] 波道夫·古德曼在第五大道上开了一家男装店。 Bergdorf Goodman has opened a men's store on Fifth Avenue.

[例句] 莉莉住在公园大道附近的一套顶层豪华公寓里。 Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue.

（程度大小） big or small，（辈分高低） degree of seniority，（大人和孩子） adults and children，size，bulk ；

[例句] 每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。 Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.

[例句] 每种菜谱都具体规定了所用鸡蛋的大小。 Each recipe specifies the size of egg to be used.

（大气压强， 简称“气压”） atmos，atmosphere，barometric pressure，pressure atmosphere ；

[例句] 用电补偿大气压和系统压力的变化. Electricity compensates for barometric pressure as well as system pressure variations.

[例句] 首先,利用大气压将水抬高30英尺. First of all it raised water through 30 feet by utilising the pressure of the atmosphere.

[生理] large intestine，intestinum crassum ；

[例句] 结肠，或大肠，因充满气体而膨胀。 The colon, or large intestine, distends and fills with gas.

[例句] 新斯的明增强小肠和大肠的运动功能. Neostigmine augments the motor activity of the small and large bowel.

general idea，main points，gist，tenor；

[例句] 他可能一时大意说漏了嘴。 He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.

[例句] 我明白她谈话的大意。 I follow the drift of her conversation.

thick，thick and big，bulky，loud，crassitude ；

[例句] 围栏用粗大的木桩建成，非常坚固。 The fence was very strongly built, with very large posts.

[例句] 粗大的圆木咕噜咕噜地从山坡上滚下来. Large logs came rolling down the slope.

（造诣深的人） great master，grandmaster，master，great ；

[例句] 不是园艺大师也可以把自己的家里装点得绿意盎然。 You don't need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.

[例句] 国际象棋大师们以性格怪异和好与人争辩而闻名。 Great chess players have a reputation for being both eccentric and argumentative.

（古代官职） a senior official in feudal China，（姓氏） a surname；

[例句] 乔伊丝从一位大夫奔波到另一位那里，期盼着有人会认真听她的话。 Joyce traipsed from one doctor to another, praying that someone would listen.

[例句] 大夫，太感谢您了，您真是我的大恩人。 Thank you very much indeed, Doctor, I am extremely obliged to you.

intamescentia，expand，inflate ；

[例句] 靠近生长着的稍皮内有水浸出点,使该处膨大. Water - soaked exuding spots occur in the bark near the growing shoot tips.

[例句] 大多数嫁接的最好时期是春天芽开始膨大的时候. The best time for most grafting is when the buds are beginning to swell in spring.

garlic，allium sativum ；

[例句] 把鹰嘴豆放在开水中煮，并加入大蒜和柠檬汁。 Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice.

[例句] 烹饪鲜美滑嫩的鸡肉时多加些大蒜，并滴入少许雪利酒。 Cook pieces of succulent chicken with ample garlic and a little sherry.

（概要） main points，gist ；

[例句] 正好周大要扩大经营规模, 但缺少资本. Gist of week of as it happens enlarges operation, but lack capital.

[例句] 鞋子太大要摔跤. A shoe too large trips one up.

megaspore，macrospore，gynospore ；

[例句] 心皮是由大孢子叶两边愈合进化而来的. It has evolved by fusion of the two edges of the megasporophyll.

[例句] 孢子异型:指植物产生两种大小不同的孢子: 小孢子和大孢子. Heterospory The production of two different sizes of spore: microspores and megaspores.

[军] （最高统帅部） supreme [general] headquarters，base camp，nerve centre，stronghold ；

[例句] 两个人被派上山,而大部分登山队员留在大本营. Two men were sent up the mountain while the main party of climbers remained at base camp.

[例句] 这座公园是熊 、 狼及其他野生动物的大本营. The park is home to bears, wolves, and other wild animals.

energetically，vigorously ；

[例句] 经常大力强调物质成就。 There is often a strong accent on material success.

[例句] 尽管是10年前出版的，这本书仍值得大力推荐。 Though ten years old, this book is highly recommended.

bold，daring，audacious，audacity，boldness ；

[例句] 她真够大胆的，竟抓住了我的衣袖。 Bold as you please, she grabbed me by the sleeve.

[例句] 我们决定在比赛中积极拼抢，大胆进攻。 We decided that in the game we would be physical and aggressive.

swelling，intumescentia，tumefaction，elephantiasis，intumesce ；

[例句] 前列腺肿大不一定就是癌症。 An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer.

[例句] 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形. Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles.

[气]fresh gale，gale，high wind，easter ；

[例句] 大风刮倒了树木和电线。 High winds have knocked down trees and power lines.

[例句] 风力仍在增强，接近9级大风。 The wind was still rising, approach-ing a force nine gale.

（汉字数字的一种写法） the capital form of a Chinese numeral，（拼音字母的一种写法） capitalization ；

[例句] 我们的徽标用了小写字母，没用大写。 We did the logo in lower-case letters instead of capitals.

[例句] ecu是用小写字母而不是大写字母印刷的。 "Ecu" was printed in lower case rather than capital letters.

a heavy rain，(a) heavy rainfall，hale water，soaker，ding-on ；

[例句] 我们刚进屋，大雨便倾盆而下。 As soon as we were inside, the rain began to bucket down.

[例句] 他在大雨瓢泼的露天场地演出时受了寒。 He caught a chill while performing at a rain-soaked open-air venue.

great event，major event，important matter，major issue ；

[例句] 到目前为止，经济是头等大事。 The economy is the number one issue by far.

[例句] 好了，约翰，别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。 Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death.