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Immense 5714.Immense 英 ɪ'Mens]美 ɪ'Mɛns 释义 Adj 巨大的,广大的;无边无际的;非常好的

正面 5714.immense
英 [ɪ'mens]美 [ɪ'mɛns]

背面
释义:
adj. 巨大的,广大的;无边无际的;非常好的
例句:
1. I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.我以前曾在掌握大权的人身上看到过这种情况。

1、fact + fiction.
immense 巨大的im-,不,非,-mens,测量,词源同meter,measurable.即没法测量的,巨大的。
immenseimmense: see measureimmense (adj.)early 15c., from Middle French immense (mid-14c.), from Latin immensus "immeasurable, boundless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mensus "measured," past participle of metiri (see measure). For instance, a long while every thing was immense great and immense little, immense handsome and immense ugly. Miss Tippet from the cloisters, could not drink tea with Master Parchment at the White Conduit-house, unless it was an immense fine day, yet probably it might rain so immense, there was no going without a coach. ["Town and Country Magazine" (in "Annual Register" for 1772)]"

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