The invention discloses a high-solid low-viscosity large-particle-size polyvinyl acetate emulsion and a preparation method thereof, and the emulsion is applied to the technical field of adhesive compounding. The emulsion comprises, in parts by weight, vinyl acetate, vinyl versatate, methacrylic acid, a crosslinking monomer hydroxyethyl methylacrylate (HEMA), deionized water, an emulsifier, polyvinyl alcohol, ammonium persulfate as an initiator, a reducing agent as an initiator, a plasticizer, urea, a defoaming agent and a preservative. According to the invention, a core-shell copolymerization process is adopted, and polymerization is carried out in a manner of early-stage high-bottoming monomers and staged gradual acceleration of rotation speed, so that the emulsion is narrower in particle size distribution, larger in average particle size and lower in viscosity in a later stage; and the defects of small particle size, high viscosity, low compression shear strength, poor freeze-thaw stability, easy surface skinning, aldehyde existence and the like of a traditional high-solid-content polyvinyl acetate emulsion are overcome, and the polyvinyl acetate emulsion has good glue performance and storage stability.