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单词 ginormous
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Definition of ginormous in English:

ginormous

adjective dʒʌɪˈnɔːməsdʒaɪˈnɔrməs
British informal
  • Extremely large.

    〈英,非正式〉极大的

    ginormous piles of rubbish
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Kelly squealed, wrapping her arms about the most ginormous pumpkin Mitch had ever seen.
    • And an elephant's heart beats really slowly, as it is ginormous.
    • Home of the largest collection of modern art in Europe, as the ginormous banner draped over the outside proudly proclaimed.
    • See, when we moved in a month ago, we bought a chest of drawers, which came in two ginormous boxes.
    • With the cash left in the kitty I managed to also acquire something truly meaningful to improve staff morale - a ginormous plasma telly for the staff lunchroom.
    • I've never wished anything bad on anybody in my life but I admit that I hoped she'd explode to a ginormous size with pregnancy and find it as hard to shape up afterwards as the rest of the normal world.
    • On March 25, Katie, who was eight months pregnant at the time, looked ginormous.
    • The gym features two full-length courts, a ginormous weight room and state-of-the-art training rooms, but it's the other features that are more to the players liking.
    • Steve told me that Joe was six foot five, ginormous!
    • An infinitesimally small step for mankind, maybe, but one ginormous step for this unlucky man.
    • The waves are ginormous and the experience of wipe-out scary as hell.
    • It probably also means the compensation clause should he be tempted away is absolutely ginormous.
    • Sure, I'm not getting ginormous amounts of money, but I enjoy myself and I'm happy with it.
    • Once she'd seen the ginormous battle ships, she throttled the engines on a shallow descent in a totally opposite direction.
    • As I neared the car door, I stopped cold: I had come face-to-face with the biggest, ugliest, most ginormous insect I have ever seen in my entire life.
    • Due to the flame I received I was wondering if you could all do me a ginormous favor and point out all my typos and mistakes that you catch.
    • Then, come the year end, I have receipts for five envelopes, two stamps and a computer disk to set against my vast and ginormous tax bill.
    • She's blonde, she's stupid, and she has ginormous breasts.
    • The haircut magically makes your ginormous head look smaller, making hats seem bigger.
    • The boot - with 456 litres of space - is also pretty ginormous.
    Synonyms
    large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian

Origin

1940s (originally military slang): blend of giant and enormous.

Rhymes

enormous

Definition of ginormous in US English:

ginormous

adjectivedʒaɪˈnɔrməsjīˈnôrməs
British informal
  • Extremely large; enormous.

    〈英,非正式〉极大的

    a ginormous five-volume treatment of Greek and Arabic medicine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then, come the year end, I have receipts for five envelopes, two stamps and a computer disk to set against my vast and ginormous tax bill.
    • Steve told me that Joe was six foot five, ginormous!
    • An infinitesimally small step for mankind, maybe, but one ginormous step for this unlucky man.
    • Kelly squealed, wrapping her arms about the most ginormous pumpkin Mitch had ever seen.
    • She's blonde, she's stupid, and she has ginormous breasts.
    • Home of the largest collection of modern art in Europe, as the ginormous banner draped over the outside proudly proclaimed.
    • And an elephant's heart beats really slowly, as it is ginormous.
    • The gym features two full-length courts, a ginormous weight room and state-of-the-art training rooms, but it's the other features that are more to the players liking.
    • Due to the flame I received I was wondering if you could all do me a ginormous favor and point out all my typos and mistakes that you catch.
    • On March 25, Katie, who was eight months pregnant at the time, looked ginormous.
    • The haircut magically makes your ginormous head look smaller, making hats seem bigger.
    • It probably also means the compensation clause should he be tempted away is absolutely ginormous.
    • I've never wished anything bad on anybody in my life but I admit that I hoped she'd explode to a ginormous size with pregnancy and find it as hard to shape up afterwards as the rest of the normal world.
    • As I neared the car door, I stopped cold: I had come face-to-face with the biggest, ugliest, most ginormous insect I have ever seen in my entire life.
    • See, when we moved in a month ago, we bought a chest of drawers, which came in two ginormous boxes.
    • Sure, I'm not getting ginormous amounts of money, but I enjoy myself and I'm happy with it.
    • The waves are ginormous and the experience of wipe-out scary as hell.
    • The boot - with 456 litres of space - is also pretty ginormous.
    • Once she'd seen the ginormous battle ships, she throttled the engines on a shallow descent in a totally opposite direction.
    • With the cash left in the kitty I managed to also acquire something truly meaningful to improve staff morale - a ginormous plasma telly for the staff lunchroom.
    Synonyms
    large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian

Origin

1940s (originally military slang): blend of giant and enormous.

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