单词	gargantuan
释义	gargantuangar‧gan‧tu‧an /ɡɑːˈɡæntʃuən $ ɡɑːr-/ adjective written Word Origin WORD ORIGINgargantuan Origin: 1500-1600 Gargantua, name of a giant in the book Gargantua (1534) by François Rabelais Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a gargantuan task EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A gargantuan Teddy boy was standing in the stalls, looking down at his feet. As the snow accumulates from that little boreal patch, growing inexorably year after year, gargantuan ice sheets begin to form. Of all her mistakes, this was the most gargantuan. The gargantuan effort was conducted under almost unimaginable conditions of hardship and coercion. The biggest buildings in the world were under construction, but none so gargantuan as those Gillette projected. The executives' gargantuan incomes derive from their power over what has become an increasingly scarce factor of production, capital. This meal may of course be of gargantuan proportions and much snacking of high-energy foods may precede its consumption. extremely large SYN  gigantic:  a meal of gargantuan proportions gargantuan task
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