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单词 gigantic
释义
gigantic
adjective
uk
/ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.tɪk/us
/ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.t̬ɪk/
extremelylarge:
巨大的，庞大的
a giganticstatue巨大的雕像
Thecosthas been gigantic.费用非常庞大。
Synonyms
elephantineformal
enormous
gargantuan
huge
jumbo
mammoth
vast
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
greater than the average size or amount
  • bigThey live in a big house in the country.
  • largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.
  • greatThe party was a great success.
  • enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enormous
  • almighty
  • astronomical
  • astronomically
  • behemoth
  • bumper
  • by far and awayidiom
  • cavernous
  • immeasurably
  • immense
  • immensity
  • inordinate
  • inordinately
  • mountainous
  • precipitous
  • prodigiously
  • stratospheric
  • super-colossal
  • supersized
  • terrific
  • thumping
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Related word

gigantically
(Definition ofgiganticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

gigantic| American Dictionary

gigantic
adjective
us
/dʒɑɪˈɡæn·tɪk/
extremelylarge:
a giganticshoppingcenter
(Definition ofgiganticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgigantic

gigantic
These fluids emanate fromgiganticcarbonate edifices that can reach 60m in height.
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Only a small number of individuals had the capital and connections needed to operate thesegiganticfarms.
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This is especially valuable for the large albatrosses, thegiganticstature of which is never fully appreciated from the deck of a ship.
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Suspended over all is agiganticglobe with a face broken into a great rictus, jagged with six long, sharp teeth.
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The tendency is toward downsizing, in contrast to thegigantic, budget-devouring, war-hungry military machines of the classic modern era.
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Instead of mysterious caves, dragons, and romanticized heroes, fantastic factory floors,giganticmachines, and larger than life machinists confront the audience.
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To the antebellum rogue, the city'sgiganticweb of secrets held unlimited financial rewards, if only it could be interpreted properly.
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Giganticmonuments are in line with canonized, hegemonic versions of remembrance.
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A sound dome could thus be regarded as agiganticwell-tempered spatial instrument with equidistant loudspeakers on its periphery.
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Such agiganticcatalogue of biochemical events would hardly be an acceptable translation of the novel; it would not convey the same meaning.
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That is, the role of the state is simply to boost new bankable and commercially viable investment projects, usually ofgiganticproportions.
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But, moving from this valued goal to the practical - the bedside - can be agiganticextrapolation.
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At the beginning of the opera, he alludes to the symbolic meaning of the props by describing the machines as magical,giganticand fantastical.
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They are carried out from the basket of a bicycle or by global corporations ofgiganticscope.
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The pulse is so intense and so short (its duration cover s only five laser periods), that the force isgigantic.
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