gargantuan
英 [ɡɑːˈɡæntʃuən]
美 [ɡɑːrˈɡæntʃuən]
adj. 巨大的; 庞大的
BNC.21834 / COCA.17088
牛津词典
adj.
- 巨大的;庞大的
extremely large- a gargantuan appetite/meal
食欲极佳;丰盛的大餐
- a gargantuan appetite/meal
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 巨大的;庞大的
If you say that something isgargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large.- ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
大规模的促销活动 - ...a gargantuan corruption scandal.
骇人听闻的腐败丑闻
- ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
英英释义
adj
- of great mass
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
双语例句
- Upon entering, my ears immediately latched onto the catchy harp introduction of Britney Spears's "Everytime" pumping into the gargantuan main room.
踏进餐厅,小甜甜布兰妮的“Everytime”这首歌正在偌大的正厅里播放着,我的耳朵立刻被这首歌前奏中竖琴的琴声给吸引了。 - The presidency has become a gargantuan enterprise in which media-star leaders are surrounded by a permanent campaign apparatus.
美国总统这一职位已经成为了一个庞大的企业单位,固定不变的竞选机制困扰了其中被媒体所追捧的领导人。 - That is a gargantuan challenge.
这是一个巨大的挑战。 - Finally, despite our gargantuan team-effort, the data we gathered, and made available to the public is but a snapshot.
最后,尽管我们的庞大团队的努力,我们收集的数据,并提供给公众,但一个快照。 - Holding on to that asset, however, has proved to be a gargantuan headache.
不过,持有这项资产却令福布斯家族头疼不已。 - Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier.
货币的可兑换性就是一个巨大的障碍。 - Welles gives us a portrait of a gargantuan man of unlimited ambitions and appetites, whose excesses outran his resources.
威尔斯为我们塑造了一个拥有无尽野心和欲望的巨人形象,他所挥霍的远超过他所拥有的。 - This is a principle Chuck Prince, former head of Citi, for example, appears to have practised ( perhaps because there was no alternative, given Citi's gargantuan size).
这似乎是花旗前首席执行官查克•普林斯(ChuckPrince)曾经秉持的一个原则(考虑到花旗的巨大规模,这也可能是因为他别无选择)。 - Jordan came back because of his immense love for the game and his gargantuan thirst for challenge.
乔丹复出是为了他对这项运动巨大的热爱和对挑战的巨大渴望。 - Gargantuan asteroid to pass near earth this fall.
大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过。