| 英语单词 | gargantuan |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɡɑː'ɡæntʃuən] 美 [ɡɑːr'ɡæntʃuən] |
| 中文释义 | adj.巨大的;庞大的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier. (2) That may be a gargantuan figure for Ferrari, but we're hearing most of that production run is already spoken for. (3) The preference is evident in the gargantuan New World Department Store in Shanghai's commercial heart. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 货币的可兑换性就是一个巨大的障碍。 (2) 这可能是一个庞大的数字,法拉利,但我们听到的大部分生产运行已经谈到的。 (3) 显然,人们首选的是位于上海商业中心庞大的新世界百货商场。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Whether you're talking about your gargantuan appetite or a gargantuan building, use the word gargantuan to describe something so big that big just isn't, well, big enough to accurately describe it. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word gargantuan can refer to an object that's physically massive in size or it can describe something that you perceive, like a feeling or an expectation. For example, you might have a gargantuan misunderstanding with your best friend. The word gargantuan came into English in the 16th century from Gargantua, a character in a series of French novels by the author Francois Rabelais. The books followed the adventures of two giants who were father and son. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]巨大的;庞大的 If you say that something is gargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large. [usu ADJ n] [emphasis] [WRITTEN 笔语]
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