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gigantic adj.巨大的 (1) 这架新飞机看起来像一只巨大的鸟。(2) 城市，被抽象化为几个巨大的建筑物。 As you might imagine, gigantic is derived from the noun giant. Giants were mythical beings that were said to be of immense size and strength. Literally, gigantic means “of or relating to a giant,” but in practice gigantic is widely used to describe almost anything as especially big. If an article of clothing is way too big for you, you could call it gigantic. You might also complain of having a gigantic headache because someone is being a gigantic pain.

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英 [dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk] 美 [dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk] (1) The new airplane looked like a gigantic bird.(2) City is abstracted into several gigantic buildings. Gigantic is an adjective used to describe something that's really big, as though it were made for a giant. You might call a skyscraper a gigantic building, especially if it towers over other buildings nearby. 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 describe something as gigantic, you are emphasizing that it is extremely large in size, amount, or degree.   [emphasis]...gigantic rocks...巨石A gigantic task of national reconstruction awaits us.重建国家的艰巨任务等待着我们去完成。

英语单词	gigantic
英美音标	英 [dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk] 美 [dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk]
中文释义	adj.巨大的
英语例句	(1) The new airplane looked like a gigantic bird. (2) City is abstracted into several gigantic buildings.
中文例句	(1) 这架新飞机看起来像一只巨大的鸟。 (2) 城市，被抽象化为几个巨大的建筑物。
vocabulary简明	Gigantic is an adjective used to describe something that's really big, as though it were made for a giant. You might call a skyscraper a gigantic building, especially if it towers over other buildings nearby.
vocabulary扩展	As you might imagine, gigantic is derived from the noun giant. Giants were mythical beings that were said to be of immense size and strength. Literally, gigantic means “of or relating to a giant,” but in practice gigantic is widely used to describe almost anything as especially big. If an article of clothing is way too big for you, you could call it gigantic. You might also complain of having a gigantic headache because someone is being a gigantic pain.
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 describe something as gigantic, you are emphasizing that it is extremely large in size, amount, or degree. [emphasis] ...gigantic rocks... 巨石 A gigantic task of national reconstruction awaits us. 重建国家的艰巨任务等待着我们去完成。

Gigantic Describe Call 英 Dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk] 美 Dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk Adj.巨大的 Airplane