gargantuan

英 [ɡɑːˈɡæntʃuən]

美 [ɡɑːrˈɡæntʃuən]

adj.  巨大的; 庞大的

GRE

BNC.21834 / COCA.17088

牛津词典

adj.

• 巨大的；庞大的
  extremely large
  1. a gargantuan appetite/meal
     食欲极佳；丰盛的大餐

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.
  1. ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
     大规模的促销活动
  2. ...a gargantuan corruption scandal.
     骇人听闻的腐败丑闻

英英释义

adj

• of great mass
  1. a jumbo jet
  2. jumbo shrimp
  Synonym:elephantinegiantjumbo

双语例句

• There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.
  在这个巨大的水族箱里，有足够的活动空间让各种惊喜出现。
• 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。
• 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。
• Gargantuan asteroid to pass near earth this fall.
  大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过。
• Perhaps this gargantuan pooch's owner from New Orleans should go easy on the treats?
  这条大狗来自新奥尔良的主人应该省着点用。
• If you undertake this gargantuan political act while others are not, you bear all the political costs and reap none of the benefits.
  如果你启动了这一规模庞大的政治行动，而其他国家没有，你就得承担全部政治成本，并且不会收获其带来的任何好处。
• 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。
• Netflix ( NFlx) and Samsung are currently working to trim gargantuan files.
  Netflix和三星目前正研究如何压缩视频文件。
• 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。
• 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。