gi·gan·tic
adjective/dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
/dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
- extremely large
巨大的；庞大的 - a gigantic house
一座巨大的房子 - The problem was beginning to take on gigantic proportions.
这个问题开始变得非常严重。 - The bomb caused a gigantic explosion.
炸弹引起了巨大的爆炸。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGigantic is used with these nouns:- house
- proportion
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘like or suited to a giant’): from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant- + -ic. - a gigantic house