adj.重大的；豪華的；宏偉的；壯麗的

n.大鋼琴；一千美元

This is a grand occasion. 這是個盛大的場面。

He was born in the purple and was brought up in the grand palace. 他出身于皇族,在宏偉的宮殿中長大。

How grand the mountains look in the early evening! 暮色中群山是多么壯麗！

The piano soon developed into the contemporary nine- to ten-foot concert grand. 不久鋼琴就發(fā)展到同時代的九到十英尺的平臺大鋼琴。

grand的基本意思是“宏偉的,崇高的,莊嚴的”。用于山川、建筑物時,指其規(guī)模宏大,氣勢雄偉; 用于人時,指其具有非凡的成就或品質(zhì),從而使人感到其崇高與偉大,常譯成“重要的,顯赫的,首要的”,一般用于修飾地位或官銜等。