| 单词 | juggernaut |
| 释义 | juggernaut (dʒʌgəʳnɔːt) Word forms: plural juggernauts 1. countable noun A juggernaut is a very large truck. [mainly British]2. countable noun If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut, you are critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and you think they are not being controlled properly. [disapproval] The group became a sales juggernaut in the commodity options business. Juggernaut in British English (ˈdʒʌɡəˌnɔːt) noun Hinduism 1. a crude idol of Krishna worshipped at Puri and throughout Odisha (formerly Orissa) and Bengal. At an annual festival the idol is wheeled through the town on a gigantic chariot and devotees are supposed to have formerly thrown themselves under the wheels 2. a form of Krishna miraculously raised by Brahma from the state of a crude idol to that of a living god Word origin C17: from Hindi Jagannath, from Sanskrit Jagannātha lord of the world (that is, Vishnu, chief of the Hindu gods), from jagat world + nātha lordjuggernaut in British English (ˈdʒʌɡəˌnɔːt) noun 1. any terrible force, esp one that destroys or that demands complete self-sacrifice 2. British a very large lorry for transporting goods by road, esp one that travels throughout Europe Juggernaut in American English (ˈdʒʌgərˌnɔt) noun 1. an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, whose idol, it was formerly supposed, so excited his worshipers when it was hauled along on a large car during religious rites that they threw themselves under the wheels and were crushed 2. [usuallyj-] anything that exacts blind devotion or terrible sacrifice 3. [usuallyj-] any relentless, destructive, irresistible force Word origin altered < Hindi Jagannāth < Sans Jagannātha, lord of the world < jagat, world + nātha, lordExamples of 'Juggernaut' in a sentence |
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