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单词 massy
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Definition of massy in English:

massy

adjective ˈmasiˈmæsi
literary
  • Consisting of a large mass; bulky; massive.

    a round massy table
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The party crossed the border into Scotland on August 1st, 1503, to be greeted by the Archbishop of Glasgow and a thousand Scottish lords and gentlemen ‘in rich jewels and massy chains’.
    • Internally, the building was full of timber columns, because it was owned by the royal bedmakers, and the British royal family likes its beds solid and massy.
    • At the first dawn of the morning we closed all the massy shutters of our old building; lighted a couple of tapers which, strongly perfumed, threw out only the ghastliest and feeblest of rays.
    • The courtiers, having entered brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts.
    • Like a razor also, it seemed massy and heavy, tapering from the edge into a solid and broad structure above.
    Synonyms
    large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian

Rhymes

bassi, Brassey, brassie, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, sassy, Tallahassee
 
 

Definition of massy in US English:

massy

adjectiveˈmasēˈmæsi
literary
  • Consisting of a large mass; bulky; massive.

    a round massy table
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The party crossed the border into Scotland on August 1st, 1503, to be greeted by the Archbishop of Glasgow and a thousand Scottish lords and gentlemen ‘in rich jewels and massy chains’.
    • Like a razor also, it seemed massy and heavy, tapering from the edge into a solid and broad structure above.
    • At the first dawn of the morning we closed all the massy shutters of our old building; lighted a couple of tapers which, strongly perfumed, threw out only the ghastliest and feeblest of rays.
    • Internally, the building was full of timber columns, because it was owned by the royal bedmakers, and the British royal family likes its beds solid and massy.
    • The courtiers, having entered brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts.
    Synonyms
    large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian
 
 
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