名 Metropoles（电影名称）；

[例句] 利物浦大都会酒店是我最喜爱的酒店。 The Liverpool Metropole is my favourite.

[例句] 在大都会歌剧院的试唱失败后，她转而投身歌舞喜剧。 After failing a singing audition at the Metro-politan Opera, she turned to musical comedy.

（大的火） big fire，conflagration ；

[例句] 大火当时有可能把货船上的油罐烧漏了，从而引燃原油。 Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.

[例句] 一旦大火熄灭，救援小组就会马上进入。 Once the fire has died out, the salvage team will move in.

[口] great rejoicing，exultancy ；

[例句] 这是福斯特夫妇大喜的日子. It was a great day for the pair of Fosters.

[例句] 他得知自己当选而大喜. He exulted to learn that he'd been elected.

（全家人聚一起） happy reunion，（团聚的结局） happy ending，end-all，[电影]The Happy Ending；

[例句] 这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。 The book's happy ending seemed contrived.

[例句] 只有主人公先把那些恶龙制服，才有可能实现大团圆结局。 A happy ending is only possible because the hero has first vanquished the dragons.

man of unusual strength，Hercules，giant，strong man，[电影]Herakles；

[例句] 请进, 请进! 请看世界上力大无比的大力士! Walk up , walk up ! See the strongest man on earth!

[例句] 萨姆是个著名的大力士. Sam is noted for his strength.

for the most part，mostly ；

[例句] 在我们走访的学生宿舍里，大多明令禁止胡作非为。 In most of the residence halls we visited, rules prohibit disorderly conduct.

[例句] 出席葬礼的人大多都面无表情地静静站着。 Most of those attending the funeral stood silently showing little emotion.

sea，ocean，blue water，[俚] briny，[电影]DA HAI；

[例句] 我一生都对大海和小船着迷。 I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea and with small boats.

[例句] 数百吨石油溢出流入大海。 Hundreds of tons of oil spilled into the sea.

[军] military unit corresponding to the battalion or regiment，group，（农村的一级生产组织） production brigade ，（人数众多） a large body of ；

[例句] 拥护者们被大队警察明目张胆地跟踪。 The supporters are being shadowed by a large and highly visible body of police.

[例句] 大队向督军署出发了. The students began their march to the office of the governor.

chunk，hunch，hunk，[建] clod，agglomerate ；

[例句] 木料被锯成大块的薄板。 The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer.

[例句] 有人把一大块石头给凿空了。 Someone had hollowed out a large block of stone.

名 elephant，[医]heffalump；

[例句] 当他们靠近时，大象又吼又跺脚。 The elephants trumpeted and stamped their feet at their approach.

[例句] 一群大象缓慢而笨拙地穿过平原，朝水潭走去。 A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.

[方] Lunar New Year's Eve，hogmanay ；

[例句] “ 要打过大年夜 么 ? " The fighting last the year out?

[例句] 我除夕之夜才回到家.(大年夜,春节) I came back home on the eve of the Spring Festival.

（芫青甘蓝） rutabaga，（根芥菜） root-mustard （俗称“疙瘩菜”），kohlrabi ；

[例句] 在漫画里他被画成了一棵大头菜。 He was caricatured as a turnip.

[例句] 这是大头菜汤, 用真正的大头菜做的. This is turnip soup, made from real turnips.

macrovoid ；

[例句] 半柔性路面是一种在大孔隙沥青混合料中填充水泥胶浆而形成的兼具沥青路面与水泥砼路面特点的复合路面. Semi - flexible pavement is generally described as an open - concrete mixture, which is filled with Portland cement grout.

not often，seldom，rarely，hardly ；

[例句] 休尖叫起来，声音不大，吃惊多于恐惧。 Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror.

[例句] 根据对经济的预测来预言选举的走势不大可靠。 Predicting voting trends from economic forecasts is a dodgy business.

（主菜） main course，Western meal，meal in Western style ；

[例句] 于是路路通一边说着,就走进了卡尔纳蒂克号的大菜间. He descended to the saloon.

[例句] 大菜丝清凉可口,是夏令佳品. Agar is very light and delicious for summer.

[数] greater than ；

[例句] 在英国，传统上有形产品的进口一直大于出口。 In the UK visible imports have traditionally been greater than visible exports.

[例句] 配偶之间政治观点上的相似度要大于他们身高的相似程度。 The political opinions of spouses correlate more closely than their heights.

jorum，dock-glass，mug ；

[例句] 他任由大杯内壁积聚上一层薄薄的咖啡垢。 He allowed a fine patina of old coffee to develop around the inside of the mug.

[例句] 请问我能不能自己倒尊贵的大杯酒? Might l beg the honour of pouring the privileged schooners myself?

grail ；

[例句] 他们从一大盘意大利面中取一些吃。 They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.

[例句] 他吃光了两大盘鸡肉. He demolished two big platefuls of chicken.

[中医] profuse sweating，hyperhidrosis，excessive perspiration ；

[例句] 她一身大汗. She was all of a sweat.

[例句] 她很胖，在潮湿的天气里浑身大汗，烦躁地在各个房间之间噔噔地走来走去。 Overweight and sweating in the humid weather, she stamped from room to room.

infinite，infinitely great，infinity ；

[例句] 不可能数到无穷大. It is impossible to count up to infinity.

[例句] 这些排列可以增加到无穷大。 These permutations multiply towards infinity.