英语词汇“behemoth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	behemoth
释义	Trends of behemoth View usage for: behemoth (bɪhiːmɒθ, US -məθ) Word forms: plural behemoths countable noun If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage. [journalism, literary, disapproval] The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart. ...his behemoth 1,047 page book. Synonyms: giant, monster, mammoth, titan More Synonyms of behemoth behemoth in British English (bɪˈhiːmɒθ) noun 1. Old Testament a gigantic beast, probably a hippopotamus, described in Job 40:15 2. a huge or monstrous person or thing Word origin C14: from Hebrew běhēmōth, plural of běhēmāh beast behemoth in American English (bəˈhiməθ; ˈbiəməθ) noun 1. Bible a huge animal, assumed to be the hippopotamus: Job 40:15-24 2. any animal or thing that is huge or very powerful Word origin Heb behemot, intens. pl. of behema, beast; akin to Ethiopic bəhma, dumb, speechless & Ar ʼabham (> bahma(t), bahīma(t), animal) Examples of 'behemoth' in a sentence behemoth They shook, and Simms sat back and looked past Latovsky at the behemoth of a house about five acres away. Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES (2001) Or a town vacated as some stomping behemoth appeared on the horizon? Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001) The behemoth gulped the last of its meal, belched foul air and turned in search of the next. Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2001) It was a huge tanker, and lying still in the dark harbor, it resembled a giant behemoth ready to pounce. Scott, Jack A KNIFE BETWEEN THE RIBS (2001) (noun) in the sense of giant Definition a huge person or thing The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart. Synonyms giant a Nordic saga of giants and monsters monster He said he'd hooked a real monster of a fish. mammoth titan the country's two richest business titans Hercules colossus leviathan It's a leviathan of a book. Brobdingnagian Additional synonyms in the sense of leviathan Definition any huge or powerful thing It's a leviathan of a book. Synonyms monster, whale, mammoth, Titan, hulk, colossus, behemoth in the sense of monster Definition a very large person, animal, or thing He said he'd hooked a real monster of a fish. Synonyms giant, mammoth, titan, colossus, monstrosity, leviathan, behemoth, Brobdingnagian in the sense of titan Definition a person of great strength, importance, or size the country's two richest business titans Synonyms giant, superman or woman, colossus, leviathan Nearby words of behemoth behave behaviour behead behemoth behest behind behind someone's back Synonyms of 'behemoth' behemoth Explore 'behemoth' in the dictionary
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