| 英语单词 | titanic |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [taɪ'tænɪk] 美 [taɪ'tænɪk] |
| 中文释义 | adj.巨大的;[化]钛的 n.[T-]泰坦尼克号(船名) |
| 英语例句 | (1) Four days after the Titanic set out, a very big iceberg floated towards her. (2) The Titanic and all her crew were in Davy Jones's locker. (3) He owns a detailed miniature of the Titanic. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 泰坦尼克号出发四天以后,一座巨大的冰山向它漂来。 (2) 泰坦尼克号及其全体船员均都葬身鱼腹。 (3) 他有一艘泰坦尼克号的精致小模型。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If two rival football teams played a close game that went into overtime, it could be could be said that winning it was a titanic struggle. This means it took a large amount of force and power to do so. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The root word titan is derived from Greek mythology. The Titans were a race of powerful deities. The adjective titanic can now refer to anything extremely large or strong. The Titanic was the name of the famous cruise ship that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. This name was chosen not only because it was the largest passenger steamship of its time, but also because it was touted as a strong ship, specifically that it was “unsinkable.” |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]庞大的;强大的 If you describe something as titanic, you mean that it is very big or important, and usually that it involves very powerful forces. [usu ADJ n]
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