单词 | mighty |
释义 | mighty (maɪti ) Word forms: mightier , mightiest 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Mighty is used to describe something that is very large or powerful. [literary] There was a flash and a mighty bang. ...a land marked with vast lakes and mighty rivers. Synonyms: great, large, huge, grand 2. adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb] Mighty is used in front of adjectives and adverbs to emphasize the quality that they are describing. [mainly US, informal, emphasis] It's something you'll be mighty proud of. Being paper money, it rotted away mighty fast. 3. See also high and mighty Quotations: How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished Bible: II Samuel Collocations: mighty battle This cannot fail to be a mighty battle. Times, Sunday Times So began a mighty battle, with the couple doggedly submitting application after application. Times, Sunday Times Yet both are just short of international quality as scrummagers, and although they fought a mighty battle against each other yesterday, they still need some fine-tuning. Times, Sunday Times Its mighty battle scenes serve at the command of a shrewd script. Times, Sunday Times She didn't seem to be suggesting that this had impacted on her performance but surely, just at a human level, it must have dealt a mighty blow. Times, Sunday Times It must have struck the taxpayers a mighty blow! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both men standing at even height and muscle they start to wield a mighty blow at one another when the screen freezes and goes dark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Suddenly it seemed as if an invisible hand struck a mighty blow upon the table where they were sitting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are able to deliver mighty blows to any uninvited intruder. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Politicians can either deign to address the disaffected, to argue that with great resolve the system can be a mighty force for good. Times, Sunday Times The third movement's rustic serenade was resinous, earthy; the finale's suppressed energy released with mighty force. Times, Sunday Times They blow with mighty force, inducing corporate boards to seek shelter behind walls of uninvested cash. Times, Sunday Times A mighty force was then sent forth to break their centuries long siege. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mighty forces, after all, are in play: historical, political and nuclear. Times, Sunday Times From small acorns mighty oak trees grow. The Sun Beech, yew, even the mighty oak are all vulnerable. Times, Sunday Times But there's no way that a tiny sapling can replace a mighty oak. Times, Sunday Times It's good in a trough where it can tower like a mighty oak over tiny alpines. Times, Sunday Times Houses with tiny entrances clustered around the foot or low on the trunk of a mighty oak open out into gothic splendour. Times, Sunday Times Like a lion stalking its prey, he unleashed mighty power and hair-trigger reflexes in this meaty, symphony-sized concerto. Times, Sunday Times Quick combos and mighty powers are the order of the day here - none of that turn-based nonsense. The Sun For that, mighty power was needed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They both possess a mighty power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If he draws the mandala and insets the secret charms, he will attain mastery of those occult powers appropriate to the mighty powers of the particular charms and mandalas used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It emerged from the growing sense that each effort was a little stream feeding into a mighty river. ST Next day the hills were scoured so deeply by the floodwaters they 'looked like the bed of a mighty river, with just chimneys left from some of the mills'. Times, Sunday Times But the music goes on, often below the surface of news and reviews, flowing like a mighty river for all generations. Times, Sunday Times This mighty river flows through a deep valley of glacial origin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mighty river makes communication between the two parts a difficult task. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But a mighty roar went up from the near 31,000 crowd when the result was confirmed. The Sun Sometimes the joke hangs in the air for a moment, as we catch up with him - then let out a mighty roar. Times, Sunday Times It was the essence of the mighty roar, and it cut through everything. Times, Sunday Times A win for a local trainer would raise a mighty roar. The Sun I ease my thumb on the accelerator and a mighty roar shreds the silence. Times, Sunday Times Once mighty and still vocal, it has drifted away from the mainstream. Times, Sunday Times They form part of this once mighty trading hub. The Sun To have supported the leader who helped inflict such misery on a once mighty town was impossible. Times, Sunday Times Friend quips as we enter a once mighty castle. Times,Sunday Times Nobody else has a greater personal responsibility for turning a once mighty nation into an embarrassing debtor state. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 强大的 Japanese: 強大な |
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