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 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。 - Even the gargantuan Medes could not defeat them and the Greeks of Ionia suffered the same fate as the rest of Asia Minor.
甚至庞大的米提亚人也无法击败他,希腊的殖民地爱奥尼亚也遭受了和小亚细亚一样的命运。 - Many developing countries have gargantuan debts.
许多发展中国家都负有巨额债务。 - Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least$ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.
福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹,这在当时是一笔巨额款项。 - 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。 - When it's finished, the gargantuan titanium-and-glass structure will appear to be floating on a man-made lake.
在建成后,这个巨大的钛和玻璃组成的结构将看起来像漂浮在一个人工湖上。 - My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.
我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏,就这些。 - Gargantuan asteroid to pass near earth this fall.
大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过。 - Upon entering, my ears immediately latched onto the catchy harp introduction of Britney Spears's "Everytime" pumping into the gargantuan main room.
踏进餐厅,小甜甜布兰妮的“Everytime”这首歌正在偌大的正厅里播放着,我的耳朵立刻被这首歌前奏中竖琴的琴声给吸引了。 - The presidency has become a gargantuan enterprise in which media-star leaders are surrounded by a permanent campaign apparatus.
美国总统这一职位已经成为了一个庞大的企业单位,固定不变的竞选机制困扰了其中被媒体所追捧的领导人。