heroic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hero·ic BrE [həˈrəʊɪk] NAmE [həˈroʊɪk] adjective
1. showing extreme courage and admired by many people
Syn: ↑courageous
•a heroic figure
•Rescuers made heroic efforts to save the crew.
2. showing great determination to succeed or to achieve sth, especially sth difficult
•We watched our team's heroic struggle to win back the cup.
3. that is about or involves a hero
•a heroic story/poem
•heroic deeds/myths
4. very large or great
•This was foolishness on a heroic scale.
Derived Word: ↑heroically

Word Origin:
[heroic heroically] late Middle English: from Old French heroique or Latin heroicus, from Greek hērōikos ‘relating to heroes’, from hērōs ‘hero’.

Example Bank:
•a truly heroic battle
•She is a heroic figure we can all look up to.
•We watched our team's heroic struggle to win back the cup.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  desperate, expansive, grand, heroical, epic, larger-than-life, heroic verse, heroic meter