释义 |
brob·ding·nag·ian adjective also brob·dig·nag·ian \|bräbdiŋ|nagēən, -dig|n-, -naig- also -nāg- sometimes -də|n-\ Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Brobdingnag, imaginary country inhabited by giants in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift died 1745 English satirist + English -ian : characteristic or suggestive of Brobdingnag or its people : marked by tremendous size < the shape of Italy suggests a Brobdingnagian boot > Synonyms: see huge |