意思相近的词huge与vast有什么区别?
意思相近的词huge与vast有什么区别?
这两个形容词都描述超乎寻常大的事物.一般含义是“极大的”意思.
△ huge:Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity;尤指尺寸或容量的庞大.强调体积方面的“巨大”.
1.a huge wave 巨浪
2.a huge success 巨大的成功
3.Four days after setting out,while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.启航四天后,泰坦尼克号在穿过北大西洋多冰的海域时,了望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山.
△ vast:Vast refers to greatness of extent,size,area,or scope;指范围、大小、地区或跨度的宽广.强调幅员“辽阔广大”.
1.It is a vast expanse of desert.那是一片辽阔的沙漠.
2.The city is vast compared to our village.和我们村相比,这个城市非常大.
3.All the land was shrouded in one vast forest.(Theodore Roosevelt).所有的土地都隐藏在广阔的森林中.(西奥多•罗斯福)
4.Of creatures,how few vast as the whale.(Herman Melville) 作为生物,几乎没有比鲸鱼更巨大的.(赫尔曼•梅尔维尔)