enormous

e·nor·mous

E0152800 (ĭ-nôr′məs)adj.1. a. Very great in size, extent, or amount.b. Very great in scope or import: enormous influence.2. Archaic Very wicked; heinous.

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[From Latin ēnormis, unusual, huge, monstrous : ē-, ex-, ex- + norma, norm; see gnō- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English enormious, from Latin ēnormis.]

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e·nor′mous·ly adv.e·nor′mous·ness n.Synonyms: enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, gargantuan, vast
These adjectives describe what is extraordinarily large. Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm in size, amount, or degree: an enormous boulder.
Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size or extent: an immense sky.
Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity: a huge tanker.
Gigantic refers to size likened to that of a giant: a gigantic redwood tree.
Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or taxes belief: a valley ringed by colossal mountains.
Mammoth is applied to something of unwieldy hugeness: "mammoth stone figures in ... buckled eighteenth-century pumps, the very soles of which seem mountainously tall" (Cynthia Ozick).
Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome size: a tremendous waterfall.
Gargantuan stresses greatness of size or capacity and often suggests extravagance or excess: "Dense schools of menhaden ... slurp up enormous quantities of plankton and detritus like gargantuan vacuum cleaners" (H. Bruce Franklin).
Vast refers to greatness of extent, size, area, or scope, and is often applied to what inspires a sense of grandeur or awe: "Another vast mountain of darkness rose, towering up like a wave that should engulf the world" (J.R.R. Tolkien).

enormous

(ɪˈnɔːməs) adj1. unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast2. archaic extremely wicked; heinous[C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern] eˈnormously adv eˈnormousness n

e•nor•mous

(ɪˈnɔr məs)

adj. 1. greatly exceeding the common size, extent, amount, or degree; huge; immense: an enormous mansion. 2. outrageous or atrocious: enormous crimes. [1525–35] e•nor′mous•ly, adv. e•nor′mous•ness, n. syn: See huge.

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Adj.

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enormous - extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"tremendousbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

enormous

adjective huge, massive, vast, extensive, tremendous, gross, excessive, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, astronomic, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) an enormous dust cloud blocking out the sun
huge little, small, minute, tiny, wee, dwarf, trivial, insignificant, meagre, microscopic, diminutive, petite, midget, pint-sized (informal), infinitesimal, Lilliputian

enormous

adjective1. Of extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.2. Archaic. Disgracefully and grossly offensive:atrocious, heinous, monstrous, outrageous, scandalous, shocking.

Translations

巨大的

enormous

(iˈnoːməs) adjective very large. The new building is enormous; We had an enormous lunch. 巨大的 巨大的eˈnormousness noun 巨大 巨大eˈnormity noun1. great wickedness. 兇暴 凶暴2. hugeness. 巨大，龐大 巨大，庞大

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