| 单词 | humongous |
| 释义 | humongous (once / 96092 pages) adj Something humongous is really, really big. If you experiment with greenhouses, fertilization, and grow lights, you can grow a humongous pumpkin. Humongous is an American slang word coined in the 1970's, copying more proper words like tremendous or enormous. If you want to describe something that's so big it's hard to really measure, like the national debt or the number of cells in your body, you can use the world humongous. Just don't use it in a formal paper. WORD FAMILYhumongous: humongously USAGE EXAMPLESShe was, in short, a humongous, complicated mess. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) As presenter of the US version of The Apprentice, this spoilt heir to humongous wealth became the face of enterprise and social mobility. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) King Louie the humongous lobster has been pardoned, thanks to one Canadian woman who bought his freedom. Time(Dec 01, 2016) adj (used informally) very large Syn banging, thumping, walloping, whopping big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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