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gargantuan

英式英标[ɡɑr\'ɡæntʃuən]
美式音标[gɑː\'gæntjʊən]

adj. 庞大的，巨大的

中文词源

gargantuan 庞大的

来自法语小说人名Gargantua,食人怪兽。来自gargle, 喉咙，漱口。

英文词源

gargantuan (adj.): "enormous," 1590s, from Gargantua, name of the voracious giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle (v.).

中文解释

音似“高干群”——高干们还组成了群——巨大，庞大的；从词源角度，“gargantuan”与“gigantic-巨大的”同源，二者含义相同。

实用例句

1. My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.: 我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏, 就这些.

2. Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least $ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.: 福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹, 这在当时是一笔巨额款项.

3. Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.: 我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误.

4. Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.: 天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物.

5. Gargantuan asteroid to pass near Earth this fall.: 大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过.

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