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单词 prodigious
释义 pro·di·gious
\prəˈdijəs, prōˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin prodigiosus, from prodigium omen, portent, monster + -osus -ous — more at prodigy
1.
 a. obsolete : having the nature of an omen : portentous
  < never mole, harelip, nor scar, nor mark prodigious … shall upon their children be — Shakespeare >
 b. archaic : having the appearance of a prodigy : abnormal, strange
2. : exciting amazement or wonder : causing one to marvel : amazing
 < from childhood precocious and prodigious in everything — Willa Cather >
 < a prodigious vision — Christopher Rand >
3. : extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree : enormous, immense, vast
 < a prodigious noise of wheels — Elinor Wylie >
 < have done a prodigious amount of work — John Sparkman >
 < the amount of food provided at a party of this kind was prodigious — W.S.Maugham >
Synonyms: see monstrous
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