large /ˈlɑrʤ/
 (a.)大的,大量的,寬大的,廣博的(ad.)大大地,誇大地大
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 Large a. [Compar. Larger superl. Largest.]
 1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
 Note: ☞ For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.
 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
    We have yet large day.   --Milton.
 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
    I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.   --Felton.
 4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
 5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]
    Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.   --Fairfax.
 6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] “Some large jests he will make.”
 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.]
 8. Naut. Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
 At large. (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large.
 Common at large. See under Common, n.
 Electors at large, Representative at large, electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.]
 To give large, To go large, To run large, or To sail large Naut., to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See Large, a., 8.
 Syn: -- Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal.
 Large, adv. Freely; licentiously. [Obs.]
 Large, n. Mus. A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
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 large
      adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or
             extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a
             large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family";
             "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number
             of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large
             areas of the world" [syn: big] [ant: small, small]
      2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a
         large role in the negotiations"
      3: large enough to be visible to the naked eye [syn: macroscopic,
          macroscopical] [ant: microscopic]
      4: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
         "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory,
         orotund, tumid, turgid]
      5: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
         to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
         forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large
         heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, magnanimous]
      6: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
         movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
         financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, prominent]
      7: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large
         view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
      8: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
         "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant,
          gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with
         child(p)]
      n : a garment size for a large person
      adv 1: at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
      2: with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
      3: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully,
          vauntingly, big]