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
- 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。 - This appears to be what Greece is doing embarking on a course of national suicide, thanks to a gargantuan sense of entitlement and dependency.
这似乎就是希腊现在的状况，由于强烈的享有社会福利的权利感和依赖感，整个国家都走上了自杀的道路。 - 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。 - Finally, despite our gargantuan team-effort, the data we gathered, and made available to the public is but a snapshot.
最后，尽管我们的庞大团队的努力，我们收集的数据，并提供给公众，但一个快照。 - 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。 - 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）。 - Holding on to that asset, however, has proved to be a gargantuan headache.
不过，持有这项资产却令福布斯家族头疼不已。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。