gigantic

Word family adjectivegigantesquegiganticadverbgiganticallynoungiganticidegigantismgigantologygigantomachy

gi·gan·tic /dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ adjectiveadj

BIGextremely big 巨大的，庞大的 SYN huge

a gigantic skyscraper

摩天大楼

► see thesaurus at big

—gigantically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

gigantic• These gigantic creatures became extinct in the Jurassic period.• Once upon a time, Triton had been a gigantic deity, ruling the deep ocean of the unknown.• The house was lit like a Christmas tree and shaped like a gigantic igloo.• This alarm sounds like a gigantic pencil-sharpener grinding up something awful.• Just two seats, an engine and a gigantic price tag of £35,000.• Dotty herself was in the garden, a straw hat of gigantic proportions crowning her untidy thatch of hair.• a gigantic statue of Buddha• Nowhere else in a country involved in a gigantic war effort could one have found that kind of power to spare.• Gigantic waves more than 40 feet high crashed against the boat.

Origin gigantic

(1600-1700) Greek gigas “extremely large person”

单词	gigantic
释义	gigantic Word family adjectivegigantesquegiganticadverbgiganticallynoungiganticidegigantismgigantologygigantomachy gi·gan·tic /dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ ●●○ adjectiveadj BIGextremely big 巨大的，庞大的 SYN huge a gigantic skyscraper 摩天大楼 ► see thesaurus at big —gigantically /-kli/ adverbadv Examples from the Corpus gigantic• These gigantic creatures became extinct in the Jurassic period.• Once upon a time, Triton had been a gigantic deity, ruling the deep ocean of the unknown.• The house was lit like a Christmas tree and shaped like a gigantic igloo.• This alarm sounds like a gigantic pencil-sharpener grinding up something awful.• Just two seats, an engine and a gigantic price tag of £35,000.• Dotty herself was in the garden, a straw hat of gigantic proportions crowning her untidy thatch of hair.• a gigantic statue of Buddha• Nowhere else in a country involved in a gigantic war effort could one have found that kind of power to spare.• Gigantic waves more than 40 feet high crashed against the boat. Origin gigantic (1600-1700) Greek gigas “extremely large person”
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