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mammoth猛犸象(古生代的巨象),庞然大物,大型化,特大级(齐墩果, 石柏, 利马豆的大小等级) prodigious 很大的,惊人的,异常的 Titanic 希神】泰坦神族的[常作titanic ]巨人的, 力大无比的; 极其有力的 [titanic ]【化】钛的, 四价钛的; 含钛的 massive,大而重的;大块的,巨大的;有力的 adj.厚重的, 大块的, 魁伟的, 结实的 gargantuan庞大的(该词源于 Gargantua, 为法国讽刺作家拉伯雷(Rabelais)在其作品《巨人传》中所描写的一个食欲巨大的国王) huge enormous immense gigantic colossal tremendous 都含“巨大的”意思。 huge系常用词, 用于具体事物或人时, 指“体积或数量大得超过一般情况”; 用于抽象事物时, 作“巨大的”、“无限的”解, 如: an huge elephant 大象。 enormous 指“体积、数量或程度超过正常大小”, 如: an enormous nose 大鼻子。immense 指“体积、数量、程度等都极大, 一般衡量标准难以度量”, 如:an immense body of water 一片汪洋。 gigantic指“巨大的”、“庞大的”, 常用于借喻中, 含有一定的夸张之意, 如: He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meal. 他饭量特别大, 吃得惊人的多。 colossal 指大小、尺寸、数量、范围巨大的, 如: a colossal Five-Year Plan 宏伟的五年计划。 tremendous 系普通用语, 指“大得异常惊人或大而有力的”, 可表示夸张或称赞, 如:a tremendous explosion 巨大的爆炸。 co‧los‧sal used to emphasize that something is extremely large: eg:The whole holiday was a colossal waste of money. huge 1 extremely large in size, amount, or degree [= enormous]: eg:a huge dog huge crowds Your room's huge compared to mine. a huge amount/sum/quantity etc eg:huge sums of money the huge scale of the problem a huge loss/profit/increase etc eg:a huge increase in cost a huge range/variety/selection etc eg:a huge range of issues a huge success/disappointment etc eg:The play was a huge success. a huge difference/gap etc eg:The new system has made a huge difference. 2 informal very popular or famous: eg:David Hasselhoff is huge in Germany. tre‧men‧dous 1 very big, fast, powerful etc: eg:Suddenly, there was a tremendous bang, and the whole station shook. 2 excellent: eg:She's got a tremendous voice, hasn't she? e‧nor‧mous very big in size or in amount [= huge]: eg:an enormous amount of money gi‧gan‧tic extremely big [= huge]: eg:a gigantic skyscraper mam‧moth1 [only before noun] extremely large [= enormous, gigantic]: eg:Reforming the prison system would be a mammoth task. pro‧di‧gious [usually before noun] very large or great in a surprising or impressive way prodigious amounts/quantities of something eg:Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy ti‧tan‧ic very big, strong, impressive etc: eg:a titanic struggle mas‧sive 1 very large, solid, and heavy: eg:The bell is massive, weighing over 40 tons 2unusually large, powerful, or damaging: eg:My phone bill was massive last month. gar‧gan‧tu‧an extremely large [= gigantic]: eg:a meal of gargantuan proportions |