Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities back east.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

That's right. Louisiana Slim he's sometimes called. Yes, Sir. I sure have met Big Slim. And he used to work in the east Texas oil fields?"

对，人们有时叫他路易斯安那的细杆，是的先生我肯定,遇见过，他过去是不是经常在得克萨斯州东部的油田工作？“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

and financially there was a big trading between the East and us for tea.

最后我们和东方之间有很多茶贸易。

来一杯红茶怎么样？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Alterman says the president realizes that if he wants to get anything done in the Middle East, it will be a big help to have the Saudis on board.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

The Romans, when they came on the scene, in the East, and they gradually became more and more powerful, they destroyed Corinth in a big battle in 144 BCE.

罗马人在东方登场时，变得愈来愈强大，公元前144年他们在一场大战中摧毁了科林斯。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So unless we see the big countries in East Asia rebalancing away from exports and toward domestic demand, we are not going to generate a self-sustaining global economic recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18