epic

壮大な、英雄的な

規模が非常に大きく、感動的または英雄的で、重要に感じられる。

やさしい英語で： Extremely large, impressive, or heroic in a way that feels important.

• They began an epic journey across the desert.
• The team won after an epic struggle.
• The rescue became an epic story of courage and teamwork.

類義語： heroic, grand, monumental

よく使う表現： epic journey, epic battle, epic proportions

壮大な、並外れた

普通よりはるかに大きく、わくわくさせたり強い印象を与えたりする。

やさしい英語で： Much bigger, more exciting, or more impressive than usual.

• That was an epic party.
• We went on an epic journey across the desert.
• Their attempt to cook dinner ended in an epic failure.

類義語： extraordinary, amazing, spectacular

反対語： ordinary

よく使う表現： epic adventure, epic party, epic failure

叙事詩の

英雄やその偉業を描く長い詩に関する。

やさしい英語で： Relating to long poems about heroes and their great deeds.

• She studies epic poetry.
• The class read an epic poem about an ancient warrior.
• He explained the role of gods in the epic tradition.

類義語： epical

よく使う表現： epic poem, epic poetry, epic tradition

エピ射である

数学で、その後に続く異なる写像との合成が必ず異なる写像になるものをいう。

やさしい英語で： Describing a mathematical map whose composition with other maps lets you tell those other maps apart.

• This map is epic.
• The proof shows that the morphism is epic.
• Are all these arrows epic in this category?

よく使う表現： epic morphism, epic map

大作、壮大な物語

大きな冒険や偉業を描く長い物語や映画、または一連の出来事。

やさしい英語で： A long story, film, or series of events involving great adventures or achievements.

• We watched a historical epic last night.
• Her novel is an epic about three generations of explorers.
• The director’s latest epic took five years to complete.

類義語： saga

よく使う表現： historical epic, war epic, an adventure epic

叙事詩

英雄の偉業や冒険を物語る長い詩。

やさしい英語で： A long poem telling the story of a hero’s great deeds and adventures.

• The poet wrote an epic about a king.
• We read an ancient Greek epic in class.
• These epics describe battles between heroes and gods.

類義語： heroic poem

よく使う表現： ancient epic, heroic epic, compose an epic

エピック

ソフトウェア開発で、小さな課題に分けて進める大きな作業単位。

やさしい英語で： A large piece of planned software work that is divided into smaller tasks.

• This epic covers the new payment system.
• The team split the epic into smaller user stories.
• Three epics remain in the product backlog.

よく使う表現： split an epic, product epic, epic backlog