| 单词 | titan-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈTitan-like ˈTitan-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in the manner of a Titan (sense A. 2b); (b) adj. resembling or characteristic of a Titan (sense A. 2b); titanic, gigantic. ΚΠ 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 72 Whence came this Courage (Titan-like) So many Hils to heap vpon a rick? a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 223 Cromwel, that Imp of Satan, compounded of all Vice and Violence, and Titan-like Courage. 1791 tr. Mignonneau Interesting Consid. Public Affairs France 155 This Titan-like work [sc. Cherbourg] makes every year the greatest improvement. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III cv. 57 Their steep aim, Was, Titan-like, on daring doubts to pile Thoughts which should call down thunder, and the flame Of Heaven. 1855 R. Menzies tr. C. Ullmann Reformers before Reformation II. 29 A Titan-like defiance of God. 2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 June 13 The problem that stands Titan-like at the centre of Ireland's intellectual history. 2011 Esquire (Nexis) Dec. He's greeted like a returning hero by the vast, Titan-like owner. < as lemmas |
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