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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is a gargantuan challenge.
  这是一个巨大的挑战。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。