Enormous
[ɪ'nɔːməs] or [ɪ'nɔrməs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; 'an enormous boulder'; 'enormous expenses'; 'tremendous sweeping plains'; 'a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology'- Walter Lippman; 'a plane took off with a tremendous noise' .
整理:温弗雷德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
(a.) Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.
桃乐茜編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. [Rare.] Inordinate, irregular, abnormal, exceptional.[2]. Huge, monstrous, immense, vast, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, Cyclopean, Herculean, elephantine, very large.[3]. Flagitious, very wicked.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, vast, gross, monstrous,prodigious
ANT:Diminutive, insignificant, trivial, venial, average, ordinary, regular
錄入:费尔普斯
解釋/意思:
adj. excessive: immense: atrocious—(obs.) Enorm′.—n. Enor′mity state or quality of being enormous: that which is enormous: a great crime: great wickedness.—adv. Enor′mously.—n. Enor′mousness.
校對:罗尼
例句/造句/用法:
- For those days this was an enormous sum. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- In agriculture the raising of grain has extended in the Nineteenth Century to enormous proportions. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It was a wonderful experience to have problems given me out of the intuitions of a great mind, based on enormous experience in practical work, and applying to new lines of progress. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- You were enormous in the last bull, she would say to him and he would say, Yes, I killed him very well. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- By degrees it became an enormous injury to me that he stood before the fire. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- We had enormous orders and little money, and had great difficulty to meet our payrolls and buy supplies. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Even the enormous debt of Great Britain might in this manner soon be paid. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- That is of enormous importance, said Holmes, making a note upon his shirt-cuff. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Not perhaps as an originative people, but as transmitters of knowledge and method their influence upon the world's history has been enormous. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The wear and tear of the railways was, at the same time, enormous. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- We also knew the width, length, and approximate depth of every one of these deposits, which were enormous. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Yet there was the fact, just as indisputable as ever, that public affairs do have an enormous and intimate effect upon our lives. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The water thus discharged passes through a diversion channel in the old bed of the Chagres River, generating, by an enormous electric plant, the power necessary for operating the locks. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The varied and complex machining required on armor plate demands tools of enormous size and strength as well as varied purpose. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- And half a grain of reality, like the smallest portion of some other scarce natural productions, will flavour an enormous quantity of diluent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He was a man of enormous energy, and he taught at Jerusalem, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling the enormous lie comprehended in the answer No. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The trade in tobacco was enormous, considering the population to be supplied. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Through his extraordinary energy and enterprise the business made enormous strides, and Mr. Rathenau has become one of the most conspicuous industrial figures in his native country. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When he reached Paris at five in the morning an enormous crowd welcomed him, and the cries of Vive Blériot! 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- These amounts have been somewhat less in years since then, but the appetite continues, and any deficiency in the supply is made up by enormous importation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The cooking is done in great vats and in enormous electric ovens. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- From them we can gather some hint of the enormous bewildering demand that prostitution answers. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The sums spent upon the reception of a new viceroy of Peru, for example, have frequently been enormous. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
校對:罗尼