EPIC in Simplified Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary AI Assistant Dictionary Translate Grammar Thesaurus +Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Games Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out {{userName}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out Log in / Sign up English (UK) 1 ? true : false } }), searchAutoComplete.changeToLayoutContainer(); tap:AMP.setState({ stateSearch: { autocomplete: stateSearch.dataset != 'wordlists' && stateSearch.term.length 1 } })" / English–Chinese (Simplified) 1) ? '/autocomplete/amp?dataset=' + stateSearch.dataset + '&q=' + stateSearch.term : 'https://'" 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Translation of epic – English–Mandarin Chinese dictionary epic noun [ C ] uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈep.ɪk/ us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈep.ɪk/ Add to word list Add to word list a film, poem, or book that is long and contains a lot of action, usually dealing with a historical subject （通常指描写历史题材的）长篇叙事性电影（或书籍）;史诗 It's one of those old Hollywood epics with a cast of thousands. 这是老牌的好莱坞史诗电影之一，演员阵容达到数千人。 Compare folk tale legend (STORY) myth (ANCIENT STORY) saga epic adjective uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈep.ɪk/ us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈep.ɪk/ in the style of an epic 史诗般的;鸿篇巨制的;壮丽的 an epic film about the Roman Empire 古罗马帝国题材的史诗电影 used to describe events that happen over a long period and involve a lot of action and difficulty 艰苦卓绝的；漫长而艰难的 an epic journey/struggle 漫长艰难的旅途／艰苦卓绝的斗争 [ before noun ] informal extremely large 宏大的；极大规模的 The problem of inflation has reached epic proportions. 通货膨胀问题已经到了极其严重的地步。 His first year in office has been an epic fail. Many people thought the decision was an epic blunder. informal extremely good 极好的 The Hulk roller coaster ride was epic. 绿巨人过山车实在是太棒了。 (Translation of epic from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of epic epic He has the same deeply penetrating and all-seeing eye, the same all-embracing keenness of observation that the epic has. From the Cambridge English Corpus In his view, we all are heroes on an epic quest! From the Cambridge English Corpus An epic of visionary leadership reified in institutions? From the Cambridge English Corpus No writer on architecture conveyed quite the same sense of an epic struggle with his or her subject. From the Cambridge English Corpus This poem discloses the epic ambition of the sequence : namely to write the land clear again, to redeem it, as it were, of colonial guilt. From the Cambridge English Corpus By analogy, instead of a short lyric poem, we aim for a longer epic poem. From the Cambridge English Corpus Not in vain were the author and reciter of the epic called sarvadarshi, all-seeing. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is an epic that awaits its historian. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A1 Translations of epic in Chinese (Traditional) （通常指描寫歷史題材的）長篇敍事式電影（或書籍）, 史詩, 史詩般的… See more in Spanish historia épica, película épica, épico… See more in Portuguese épico, epopeia… See more in more languages in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 長編（映画、小説）… See more destan, destansı… See more épopée… See more història èpica, pel·lícula èpica… See more heldendicht, epos… See more epos, epopej… See more epos, heltedigt, stor film… See more epos… See more โคลงเล่าเรื่อง, มหากาพย์… See more thiên anh hùng ca, thiên sử thi… See more epos, epika… See more epos, episk dikt… See more epik, agung… See more das Epos… See more epos… See more 서사시… See more епічна поема, епос… See more film epico, libro epico, poema epico… See more Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! Translator tool What is the pronunciation of epic? 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