单词 | gargantuan |
释义 | gargantuan (gɑːʳgæntʃuən ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you say that something is gargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large. [written, emphasis] ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions. ...a gargantuan corruption scandal. Synonyms: huge, big, large, giant Collocations: gargantuan proportions They all opted for hamburgers of quite gargantuan proportions. Times, Sunday Times Such gargantuan proportions are not merely a ploy by the designers to top the superlative stakes, her 148,528 tonnes allow for impressive public rooms, and cabins with plenty of space. Times, Sunday Times Other animals have died after receiving injections, and still others have kept growing to gargantuan proportions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers set out some simple criteria and began their gargantuan task. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002) Removing him from it is a gargantuan task. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The delay may also be down to the gargantuan task and cost of actually visiting the restaurants. Times, Sunday Times (2007) |
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