pro·di·gious
adjective/prəˈdɪdʒəs/
/prəˈdɪdʒəs/
[usually before noun] (formal)- very large or powerful and causing surprise; impressive
synonym colossal, enormous巨大的;惊人的;令人赞叹的 - a prodigious achievement/memory/talent
惊人的成就/记忆力/才华 - USB sticks can store prodigious amounts of information.
U 盘能够存储大量信息。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryProdigious is used with these nouns:- memory
- output
- quantity
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘portentous’): from Latin prodigiosus, from prodigium ‘portent’. - a prodigious achievement/memory/talent