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单词 mammoth
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mammoth

The most exclusive hanko of all is made of woolly mammoth fossil.What is worrying is whether she has realised how mammoth that task is.Winning over drivers and giving them the confidence to switch to driverless cars is a mammoth task.There are two main objections to this mammoth undertaking.Paying back the mammoth national debt could mean raising taxes still further.It would be a mammoth task for anyone to capture the complete mood of the book.It would not be an exact replica but it would look and feel much like a woolly mammoth did.Look out for woolly mammoth hair.The mammoth building projects that promised to add thousands more hotel rooms are slowing and future projects have been put on ice.It is the perfect opportunity to find out how many different skills are involved in making these mammoth projects come to life.The world's biggest heavy metal band continue their mammoth tour.Yet its mammoth efforts failed to save Poland.Also, tendering is a mammoth undertaking for a very small business.Now she's about to expand an already mammoth project to a vastly larger scale.It was a real mammoth effort and I was proud of my players.That went out of the window yesterday in a Pre-Budget that was breathtaking in its failure to lay out aggressive plans to cut our mammoth debts.Of course, getting all this infrastructure right is a mammoth undertaking in debt-ridden times.

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mammoth

British English: mammoth /ˈmæməθ/ ADJECTIVE
You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task is very great and needs a lot of effort to achieve.
Making the film was a mammoth task.
  • American English: mammoth
  • Arabic: ضَخْم
  • Brazilian Portuguese: imenso
  • Chinese: 巨大的
  • Croatian: golem
  • Czech: mamutí obrovský
  • Danish: kæmpe
  • Dutch: mammoet-
  • European Spanish: colosal
  • Finnish: jättiläiskokoinen
  • French: gigantesque
  • German: riesig
  • Greek: πελώριος
  • Italian: gigantesco
  • Japanese: 巨大な
  • Korean: 엄청난
  • Norwegian: diger
  • Polish: gigantyczny
  • European Portuguese: imenso
  • Romanian: mamut
  • Russian: гигантский
  • Latin American Spanish: colosal
  • Swedish: kolossal
  • Thai: มหึมา
  • Turkish: devasa
  • Ukrainian: колосальний
  • Vietnamese: khổng lồ
British English: mammoth /ˈmæməθ/ NOUN
A mammoth was a prehistoric animal like a large elephant with long curling tusks.
  • American English: mammoth
  • Arabic: مَامُوث
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mamute
  • Chinese: 猛犸
  • Croatian: mamut
  • Czech: mamut
  • Danish: mammut
  • Dutch: mammoet
  • European Spanish: mamut
  • Finnish: mammutti
  • French: mammouth
  • German: Mammut
  • Greek: μαμούθ
  • Italian: mammut
  • Japanese: マンモス
  • Korean: 매머드
  • Norwegian: mammut
  • Polish: mamut
  • European Portuguese: mamute
  • Romanian: mamut
  • Russian: мамонт
  • Latin American Spanish: mamut
  • Swedish: mammut
  • Thai: สัตว์ขนาดใหญ่คล้ายช้างขนยาว งาโค้งยาวสูญพันธุ์ไปแล้ว
  • Turkish: mamut
  • Ukrainian: мамонт
  • Vietnamese: voi mamút

Definition of 'mammoth'

Chinese translation of 'mammoth'

mammoth

(ˈmæməθ)

adj

  1. (= enormous) [task] 巨大的 (jùdà de)

n (c)

  1. (Zool) 猛犸 (měngmǎ) (, tóu)
(adjective) 
Definition
gigantic
The mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
Synonyms
colossal
A colossal statue stands in the square.
The task they face is colossal.
huge
Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas.
giant
a giant oak table
a giant step towards unification
massive
a massive steam boat
vast
farmers who own vast stretches of land
enormous
an enormous dust cloud blocking out the sun
mighty
a land marked with vast lakes and mighty rivers
immense
an immense cloud of smoke
titanic
a titanic struggle between two visions of the future
jumbo (informal)
a jumbo box of tissues
gigantic
The road is bordered by gigantic rocks.
monumental (informal)
It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
mountainous
a plan designed to reduce the company's mountainous debt
stellar (informal)
prodigious
This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.
stupendous
a stupendous amount of money
gargantuan
a marketing event of gargantuan proportions
elephantine
His legs were elephantine.
ginormous (informal)
Brobdingnagian
humongous or humungous (informal)
supersize
Opposites
little
,
small
, minute,
tiny
,
miniature
,
trivial
,
insignificant
,
diminutive
,
puny

Additional synonyms

in the sense of elephantine
Definition
like an elephant, esp. in being huge, clumsy, or ponderous
His legs were elephantine.
Synonyms
massive,
great,
huge,
heavy,
giant,
enormous,
immense,
lumbering,
gigantic,
monstrous,
mammoth,
bulky,
colossal,
weighty,
hulking,
laborious,
ponderous,
gargantuan,
humongous or humungous (informal)
in the sense of enormous
Definition
unusually large in size, extent, or degree
an enormous dust cloud blocking out the sun
Synonyms
huge,
massive,
vast,
extensive,
tremendous,
gross,
excessive,
immense,
titanic,
jumbo (informal),
gigantic,
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
gargantuan,
elephantine,
astronomic,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of gargantuan
Definition
huge or enormous
a marketing event of gargantuan proportions
Synonyms
huge,
big,
large,
giant,
massive,
towering,
vast,
enormous,
extensive,
tremendous,
immense,
mega (slang),
titanic,
jumbo (informal),
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
mountainous,
prodigious,
stupendous,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
humongous or humungous (informal)

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mammoth

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Synonyms of 'mammoth'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of giant
Definition
remarkably large
a giant oak tablea giant step towards unification
Synonyms
huge,
great,
large,
vast,
enormous,
extensive,
tremendous,
immense,
titanic,
jumbo (informal),
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
stupendous,
gargantuan,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of gigantic
Definition
extremely large
The road is bordered by gigantic rocks.
Synonyms
huge,
great,
large,
giant,
massive,
vast,
enormous,
extensive,
tremendous,
immense,
titanic,
jumbo (informal),
monumental,
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
stupendous,
gargantuan,
herculean,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
Cyclopean,
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of huge
Definition
extremely large
Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas.
Synonyms
enormous,
great,
giant,
large,
massive,
vast,
extensive,
tremendous,
immense,
mega (slang),
titanic,
jumbo (informal),
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
mammoth,
bulky,
colossal,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
stupendous,
gargantuan,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
humongous or humungous (informal)
in the sense of immense
Definition
huge or vast
an immense cloud of smoke
Synonyms
huge,
great,
massive,
vast,
large,
giant,
enormous,
extensive,
tremendous,
mega (slang),
titanic,
infinite,
jumbo (informal),
very big,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
interminable,
stupendous,
king-size,
king-sized,
immeasurable,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
illimitable,
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of jumbo
Definition
very large
a jumbo box of tissues
Synonyms
giant,
large,
huge,
immense,
mega (informal),
gigantic,
oversized,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of massive
Definition
(of objects) large, bulky, heavy, and usually solid
a massive steam boat
Synonyms
huge,
great,
big,
heavy,
imposing,
vast,
enormous,
solid,
impressive,
substantial,
extensive,
monster,
immense,
hefty,
titanic,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
whacking (informal),
mammoth,
bulky,
colossal,
whopping (informal),
weighty,
stellar (informal),
hulking,
ponderous,
gargantuan,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of mighty
Definition
very great in extent or importance
a land marked with vast lakes and mighty rivers
Synonyms
great,
large,
huge,
grand,
massive,
towering,
vast,
enormous,
tremendous,
immense,
titanic,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
bulky,
colossal,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
stupendous,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
humongous or humungous (informal)
in the sense of monumental
Definition
extreme
It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
Synonyms
immense,
great,
massive,
terrible,
tremendous,
horrible,
staggering,
catastrophic,
gigantic,
colossal,
whopping (informal),
indefensible,
unforgivable,
egregious
in the sense of mountainous
Definition
like a mountain or mountains, esp. in size
a plan designed to reduce the company's mountainous debt
Synonyms
huge,
great,
enormous,
mighty,
immense,
daunting,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
mammoth,
prodigious,
hulking,
ponderous
in the sense of prodigious
Definition
very large or immense
This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.
Synonyms
huge,
giant,
massive,
vast,
enormous,
tremendous,
immense,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
stellar (informal),
stupendous,
inordinate,
immeasurable

Additional synonyms

in the sense of stupendous
Definition
very large or impressive
a stupendous amount of money
Synonyms
huge,
vast,
enormous,
mega (slang),
gigantic,
colossal
in the sense of titanic
Definition
having or requiring colossal strength
a titanic struggle between two visions of the future
Synonyms
gigantic,
huge,
giant,
massive,
towering,
vast,
enormous,
mighty,
immense,
jumbo (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
stupendous,
herculean,
elephantine,
Brobdingnagian,
humongous or humungous (informal)
in the sense of vast
Definition
unusually large in size, degree, or number
farmers who own vast stretches of land
Synonyms
huge,
massive,
enormous,
great,
wide,
sweeping,
extensive,
tremendous,
immense,
mega (slang),
unlimited,
gigantic,
astronomical,
monumental (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
colossal,
never-ending,
prodigious,
limitless,
boundless,
voluminous,
immeasurable,
unbounded,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
vasty (archaic),
measureless,
illimitable,
humongous or humungous (informal)
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