gargantuan
英 [gɑː'gæntjʊən]
美 [ɡɑr'ɡæntʃuən]
GRE
音似“高干群”——高干们还组成了群——巨大，庞大的；从词源角度，“gargantuan”与“gigantic-巨大的”同 源，二者含义相同。
gargantuan 庞大的来自法语小说人名Gargantua,食人怪兽。来自gargle, 喉咙，漱口。
- gargantuan (adj.)
- "enormous," 1590s, from Gargantua, name of the voracious giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle (v.).
- 1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
- 我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误.
来自电影对白
- 4. 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.
来自互联网
- 5. Gargantuan asteroid to pass near Earth this fall.
- 大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过.
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