汉：来源于希腊语，意为“large,excessive,long”，与其意思相反的前缀是micro-。此外，与macro 意思相近的词缀有grand-(aggrandize,grandiloquent),magn-(magnify,Magna Carta,magnanimity),maj- (majority,major-domo),max- (maxim,maximum),maha- (mahatma),mega- (megaphone,megalithic),megalo-(megalomaniac),metro- (metropolitan,metropolis)等。

英：word-forming element meaning "long, abnormally large, on a large scale," taken into English via Middle French and Medieval Latin from Gk. makros "long, large," from PIE root *mak- "long, thin" (cf. L. macer "lean, thin;" O.N. magr, O.E. mæger "lean, thin;" Gk. mekos "length"). 1.macrocosm
n.great world ,great universe 宏观世界，大宇宙 *macro(=large,great),cosm(=universe)
例句：He lives to much in his thoughts and emotions;he must orient himself to the macrocosm of actual human experience.他太过于沉浸在自己的思想和感情里了，他必须转变方向，让自己适应人类实践的现实大世界。

2.macroeconomics
n.economics dealing with those statistics that can be taken as controlling factors in the economy as a whole 宏观经济学 *macro(=large,great),eco(=house),nom(=law)
例句：Macroeconomics means the study of the determinants of national income,employment,prices ,and economic growth.宏观经济学要研究与国民收、就业、物价及经济增长相关的决定性要素。

3.macrocode [macro- 宏，大 + code 代码 →]
n. 宏代码

4.macroscopic [macro- 宏 + scop 看，观察 + -ic ...的 →]
adj. 粗视的 / 宏观的

5.macrometer [macro- 宏，大 + meter 测量 →]
n. 测量器