| 单词 | massive |
| 释义 | mas·sive I. 1. a. (1) < massive rocks > < massive walls > < massive, sturdy furniture — C.B.Kelsey > < a massive volume of 600 pages — Times Literary Supplement > (2) < the sheath of his long knife, and other things about him were of massive silver — W.H.Hudson †1922 > b. (1) < a building of massive construction > (2) < the massive and pointed style of the German Gothic — Frederika Blankner > c. < massive sandstone > 2. a. < faced the massive policewoman — Lois Shea > : relatively or imposingly large < eyebrows were very massive, almost meeting over the nose — Bram Stoker > < a massive policeman's face — Ngaio Marsh > < the massive jaw, and the unyielding mouth — Eric Linklater > b. < the most massive odor I have ever known — Havelock Ellis > < had a sudden and massive effect on book reading — Publishers' Weekly > < a surfeit of war and massive injustice — John Barkham > < massive and instant retaliation — Elmer Davis > c. (1) < a massive dose of penicillin > (2) < a massive hemorrhage > < a massive collapse of a lung > (3) < massive simplicity — there's the pith of greatness in everything the man did — H.J.Laski > < a massive simple man, above wile and above suspicion — Francis Hackett > < watched Grandmother move with a massive dignity — Ellen Glasgow > < the most massive American dramatist of his time — Newsweek > < it was this massive figure … who became the master and innovator of his period — M.D.Geismar > Synonyms: < bulky gas tanks — brown, massive, ugly — American Guide Series: New York City > < the state capitol at Austin — a massive pile of pink granite, bigger than the capitol at Washington — Green Peyton > < one of the most massive programs ever submitted by any president to Congress — Frank Kent > massy, not common in spoken English, implies more ponderousness than does massive but equal solidity and strength < this oak table top seems to be all of a piece, a massy whole — T.H.Littlefield > < a massy building of stone and orange-pink stucco — Al Hine > < avalanches … in their low massy thunder tones — John Muir †1914 > bulky stresses size, usually implying the occupying of a space out of proportion to the weight of an object and suggesting a consequent difficulty in the maneuvering of the object < the rounded bulky form of a fat old lady — Lytton Strachey > < compartments were fitted to hold the bulky articles — American Guide Series: Arizona > < sitting on the floor, doubled up, bulky in his blue dungarees — Liam O'Flaherty > monumental suggests a great size or massiveness that is imposing < this striking brick and limestone structure has monumental entrances flanked by chrome and frosted-glass lamps and surmounted by gilt eagles — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < the monumental six-volume work on international arbitration — L.M.Sears > < his commanding past, his monumental self-confidence — Time > substantial, though it can apply to size, stresses solidity and strength of construction, usually implying worth, quality, or stability rather than great size or imposingness of appearance < substantial homes for the technical employees of the two corporations — American Guide Series: Nevada > < so substantial was the construction that a number of these buildings are standing today in a good state of preservation — American Guide Series: Ind. > < this substantial volume, with over 700 pages of text — R.C.K.Ensor > II. < a massive boson > |
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