单词 | stupendous |
释义 | stu·pen·dous (st-pĕndəs, sty-) adj. 1. So great in scope, degree, or importance as to amaze: a stupendous catastrophe. 2. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous: stupendous wealth; a stupendous waterfall. 3. Remarkable; outstanding: "Perhaps he had never possessed the necessary egoism, and was secretly relieved no longer having to be publicly stupendous" (Philip Roth). [From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupēre, to be stunned.] stu·pendous·ly adv. stu·pendous·ness n. |
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