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behemoth n.巨兽；庞然大物；异常巨大的东西 (1) 这座城市像是一个没有心脏的不规则延伸的庞然大物。 Behemoth comes from the Hebrew word b'hemah meaning beast. You can use it to describe large animals or large entities that make you feel small and powerless when you have to confront them. If a behemoth of a moose charges your car, you deal with it, and then with a behemoth of an insurance company, where just finding who to talk to is nearly impossible.

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英 [bɪ'hiːmɒθ] 美 [bɪ'hiːmɔːθ] (1) The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart. You can call both a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a massive telecommunications company a behemoth. The word means something big and powerful. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]庞然大物；巨兽 If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.   [disapproval]  [JOURNALISM or  LITERARY]The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.这座城市无计划地向外扩展着，成为一个中心缺失的庞然大物。...his behemoth 1,047 page book.他厚达1,047页的皇皇巨著

英语单词	behemoth
英美音标	英 [bɪ'hiːmɒθ] 美 [bɪ'hiːmɔːθ]
中文释义	n.巨兽；庞然大物；异常巨大的东西
英语例句	(1) The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.
中文例句	(1) 这座城市像是一个没有心脏的不规则延伸的庞然大物。
vocabulary简明	You can call both a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a massive telecommunications company a behemoth. The word means something big and powerful.
vocabulary扩展	Behemoth comes from the Hebrew word b'hemah meaning beast. You can use it to describe large animals or large entities that make you feel small and powerless when you have to confront them. If a behemoth of a moose charges your car, you deal with it, and then with a behemoth of an insurance company, where just finding who to talk to is nearly impossible.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]庞然大物；巨兽 If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage. [disapproval] [JOURNALISM or LITERARY] The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart. 这座城市无计划地向外扩展着，成为一个中心缺失的庞然大物。 ...his behemoth 1,047 page book. 他厚达1,047页的皇皇巨著

Behemoth City Sprawling Heart Word Large 英 Bɪ'Hiːmɒθ] 美