English Dictionary

big

IPA（発音記号）

/bɪɡ/

形容詞

くだけた表現 比喩的用法 時々 前置詞句 稀用 俗語 他動詞（of） 前置詞句 語頭大文字 専門用語 頻度副詞 on支配

Of great size, large. / (informal) Fat. / (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

日本語の意味

大きさやサイズが通常よりも大きい、巨大であること / 口語で太っている、ふくれている様子を指すこと / 比喩的に、若い生命を宿している、またはふくれており出産・生産の準備ができている状態を表す

The big oak tree provided shade for the whole picnic.

その大きなオークの木がピクニック全体に日陰を作った。

意味（1）

Of great size, large.

意味（2）

(informal) Fat.

Gosh, she is big!

意味（3）

(sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

She was big with child.

意味（4）

(informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.

Whoa, Nadia has gotten pretty big since she hit puberty.

意味（5）

(informal) Adult; (of a child) older.

意味（6）

(informal, slang, rare, of somebody's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.

I don't think so, if you're shouting at people across the playground at your big age.

意味（7）

(informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.

That's very big of you; thank you!

意味（8）

(informal) Important or significant.

What's so big about that? I do it all the time.

意味（9）

Popular.

That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.

意味（10）

(of a city) Populous.

意味（11）

(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns

You are a big liar. Why are you in such a big hurry?

意味（12）

(of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.

There were concerns about the ethics of big pharma.

意味（13）

(informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).

Neville is big on standing by his principles and he deserves plaudits for acknowledging he got his starting system wrong, reverting to 4-2-3-1 and introducing Kirby in the No 10 role.

bigger （ comparative ）

biggest （ superlative ）