puissant
adjective
old useuk/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃t//ˈpjuː.ɪ.sənt/us/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃t//ˈpjuː.ɪ.sənt/verystrong,powerful, andeffective:
有权力的；强有力的，强大的Thekingintroducedsome of his mostsignificantreformsas anadvertisementof his ownevermore puissantauthority.国王推出了一些最重要的改革措施，以此宣示自己势不可挡的权势。
- Thebookwasdedicatedto: "the most high, puissant, and redoubtedprince, Henry VIII, King ofEngland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith".
- Why should there not beintelligentand puissantbeingsdistinctfrom thoseperceptibletosenses?
- When hedied, helefthiskingdomto thequeen, mymother, who is also aprincess, thedaughterof another puissantmonarchof thesea.
- Milton'snotionofEnglandas a "nobleand puissantnationrousingherself like astrongman aftersleep"
Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old bootsidiom
- almighty
- beefy
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- corded
- intensely
- invincible
- invincibly
- invulnerable
- keenly
- lusty
- reckon
- stalwart
- sturdily
- super-powerful
- superhuman
- to be reckoned withidiom
- tough
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