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

• If I could just be a bit less dumb, that would already be a gargantuan achievement for me.
  我是想说，如果我不要那麽聪明，能够少一点笨的话，那对我来说就是一个很大的成就。
• Twenty years later, La Salada is a gargantuan beast.
  20年后，LaSalada成了一头巨兽。
• 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 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。
• 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 is easier to achieve if the government curbs the growth of its gargantuan budget.
  如果政府能抑制其庞大预算的进一步增长，这个目标会更容易实现。
• Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier.
  货币的可兑换性就是一个巨大的障碍。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。