gargantuan
英 [ɡɑːˈɡæntʃuən]
美 [ɡɑːrˈɡæntʃuən]
adj. 巨大的; 庞大的
BNC.21834 / COCA.17088
牛津词典
adj.
- 巨大的;庞大的
extremely large- a gargantuan appetite/meal
食欲极佳;丰盛的大餐
- a gargantuan appetite/meal
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 巨大的;庞大的
If you say that something isgargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large.- ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
大规模的促销活动 - ...a gargantuan corruption scandal.
骇人听闻的腐败丑闻
- ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
英英释义
adj
- of great mass
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
双语例句
- This technique serves to cut these gargantuan structures down to size, by deconstructing their status in contemporary Chinese society.
这种技巧用于对这些高大建筑物进行切割,解构它们在中国当代社会中的地位。 - This is a gargantuan goal, and Mr. Tetrick concedes that the company isn't close to achieving it.
这是一个宏伟的目标,蒂特里克也承认,他的公司还没有接近实现这一目标。 - Many developing countries have gargantuan debts.
许多发展中国家都负有巨额债务。 - Gargantuan aurora's with no solar wind?
巨大的极光会没有太阳风? - Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.
天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物。 - Jordan came back because of his immense love for the game and his gargantuan thirst for challenge.
乔丹复出是为了他对这项运动巨大的热爱和对挑战的巨大渴望。 - This is a principle Chuck Prince, former head of Citi, for example, appears to have practised ( perhaps because there was no alternative, given Citi's gargantuan size).
这似乎是花旗前首席执行官查克•普林斯(ChuckPrince)曾经秉持的一个原则(考虑到花旗的巨大规模,这也可能是因为他别无选择)。 - The gargantuan peculiarities of his personal life will fade in memory while his songs continue to ring out afresh.
他个人生活方面惊人的怪异之处将逐步淡出人们的记忆,而他的歌曲将继续飘扬在我们的耳边。 - The space is dominated by a gargantuan console teeming with hundreds of buttons and knobs. It looks like the kind of device that, were you to flip the wrong switch, would accidentally launch a drone strike on Palm Springs.
房间里矗立着一台布满了几百个按钮和旋钮的巨大控制台,那架势好像一弄错开关,就会不小心对棕榈泉(PalmSprings)发起一场无人机打击一样。 - Welles gives us a portrait of a gargantuan man of unlimited ambitions and appetites, whose excesses outran his resources.
威尔斯为我们塑造了一个拥有无尽野心和欲望的巨人形象,他所挥霍的远超过他所拥有的。