| 单词 | gigantic |
| 释义 | gigantic —gigantically, adv. —giganticness, n. /juy gan"tik, ji-/, adj. 1. very large; huge: a gigantic statue. 2. of, like, or befitting a giant. [1605-15; < L gigant- GIANT + -IC] Syn. 1. enormous, immense, prodigious, herculean, cyclopean, titanic. GIGANTIC, COLOSSAL, MAMMOTH, MONSTROUS are used of whatever is physically or metaphorically of great magnitude. GIGANTIC refers to the size of a giant, or to size or scope befitting a giant: a gigantic stalk of corn. COLOSSAL refers to the size of a colossus, to anything huge or vast as befitting a hero or god: a colossal victory. MAMMOTH refers to the size of the animal of that name and is used esp. of anything large and heavy: a mammoth battleship. MONSTROUS means strikingly unusual or out of the normal in some way, as in size: a monstrous blunder. Ant. 1. tiny. |
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