One way to picture it: someone standing in front of something far bigger than themselves and not back — and others seeing it and telling the story afterwards.
From the word’s history
From Old French heroïque and Latin hērōicus, ultimately Greek hērōs (hero) — literally hero + -ic. Its earliest use was literary ("about heroes"), and only later widened to describe people and scale.
經古法語 heroïque 與拉丁語 hērōicus 而來，源頭是希臘語的 hērōs（英雄），字面就是 hero + -ic。值得注意的是這個字最早的用途是文學上的——指「關於英雄的（詩）」，後來才擴大成形容人的品格與尺度，所以「史詩」那個意思其實是老的，不是後來的比喻。
Wiktionary: Middle French heroïque / Latin hērōicus, per the entry's attested origin
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heroicadj/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
- 1
Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
- heroic deeds
- 2
Courageous; displaying heroism.
- To stand upon the ramparts and die for our principles is heroic. To sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.
- Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.
- 3
Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
heroicnoun/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
- 1
A heroic verse.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。