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biggest 音标拼音: [b'ɪgəst] a. 大的,长大的 大的,长大的 Big \ Big\ ( b[ i^] g), a. [ Compar. { Bigger}; superl. { Biggest}.] [ Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac' h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, ( properly) habitable; ( then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.] 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. " He' s too big to go in there." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [ 1913 Webster] [ Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. [ 1913 Webster] God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Big is often used in self- explaining compounds; as, big- boned; big- sounding; big- named; big- voiced. [ 1913 Webster] { To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. [ 1913 Webster] I talked big to them at first. -- De Foe. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross. [ 1913 Webster] Big
Biggest \ Big" gest\, a., superl. of { Big}. [ 1913 Webster]
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