| 单词 | monumental |
| 释义 | mon·u·men·tal 1. a. obsolete < that whiter skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster — Shakespeare > b. < monumental chapels of this style — Thomas Rickman > 2. a. < the entrance on this side is vigorously indicated … by a great monumental carriageway — American Guide Series: New York City > < the steps are flanked by monumental sculptures — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < he could paint superbly on a monumental scale — Herbert Read > b. < in this monumental work the entire storehouse of the world's art is surveyed — advt > < he was too modest, and had too varied tastes … to care to be the monumental critic — T.S.Eliot > 3. < failed to carry the use of the arch into monumental architecture — A.L.Kroeber > < a monumental script — Maurice Vieyra > 4. < notable for their monumental respectability — John Kobler > < monumental failures of the past — W.E.Swinton > < their inertia is as monumental as their grief — John Mason Brown > Synonyms: see massive, monstrous |
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