/lɑ:dʒ ||; lɑrdʒ/adj greater in size, amount, etc than usual; big 大的:
a large area/house/family/appetite 大地区╱房子╱家庭╱胃口a large number of people 许多人I'd like a large coffee, please. 请给我一大杯咖啡。We have this shirt in small, medium or large. 这种衬衫我们小号、中号、大号都有。 ☞ Look at the note at big. 参看big的注释。 at large 1 as a whole; in general 整个地；总体上: He is well known to scientists but not to the public at large. 他在科学家当中很知名，但广大公众对他不熟悉。
2 (used about a criminal, animal, etc) not caught; free （指罪犯、动物等）未被捉住的，自由的
by and large mostly; in general 总体上；大致上:
By and large the school is very efficient. 总体上说，这所学校很有效率。