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gargantuan

英 [ɡɑːˈɡæntʃuən]

美 [ɡɑːrˈɡæntʃuən]

adj.  巨大的; 庞大的

GRE

BNC.21834 / COCA.17088

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 巨大的;庞大的
      extremely large
      1. a gargantuan appetite/meal
        食欲极佳;丰盛的大餐

    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.
      1. ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
        大规模的促销活动
      2. ...a gargantuan corruption scandal.
        骇人听闻的腐败丑闻

    英英释义

    adj

    双语例句

    • Twenty years later, La Salada is a gargantuan beast.
      20年后,LaSalada成了一头巨兽。
    • There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.
      在这个巨大的水族箱里,有足够的活动空间让各种惊喜出现。
    • 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。
    • Gargantuan asteroid to pass near earth this fall.
      大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least$ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.
      福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹,这在当时是一笔巨额款项。
    • Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.
      天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物。
    • If you undertake this gargantuan political act while others are not, you bear all the political costs and reap none of the benefits.
      如果你启动了这一规模庞大的政治行动,而其他国家没有,你就得承担全部政治成本,并且不会收获其带来的任何好处。
    • 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)。