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单词 Godzilla
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Definition of Godzilla in English:

Godzilla

noun ɡɒdˈzɪləɡɑdˈzɪlə
informal
  • 1A particularly enormous example of something.

    a Godzilla of a condominium tower
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The closer you get to the top of the supply chain, the more you face the two Godzillas of the industry Delphi and Visteon.
    • It's the attack of the 50-foot art-film-fusion monster - a Godzilla of cinematic conceit!
    • This must rate as the Godzilla of all teen strops.
    • This year's prize, says our young narrator Vernon God Little, was won by a Godzilla pumpjack.
    1. 1.1 A fierce or frightening person or thing.
      he had few anger issues but turned into a Godzilla later in the relationship

Origin

From the name of a huge prehistoric monster featuring in a series of Japanese films from 1954 (a name allegedly adopted from the nickname of a burly film set employee).

Rhymes

Anguilla, Aquila, Attila, Camilla, cedilla, chiller, chinchilla, driller, Drusilla, fibrillar, filler, flotilla, fulfiller, gorilla, griller, guerrilla, killer, Manila, manilla, mantilla, miller, pillar, Priscilla, sapodilla, sarsaparilla, Schiller, scilla, scintilla, spiller, swiller, thriller, tiller, vanilla, vexilla, villa, Willa, willer, zorilla
 
 

Definition of Godzilla in US English:

Godzilla

nounɡädˈziləɡɑdˈzɪlə
informal
  • 1A particularly enormous example of something.

    a Godzilla of a condominium tower
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This year's prize, says our young narrator Vernon God Little, was won by a Godzilla pumpjack.
    • It's the attack of the 50-foot art-film-fusion monster - a Godzilla of cinematic conceit!
    • This must rate as the Godzilla of all teen strops.
    • The closer you get to the top of the supply chain, the more you face the two Godzillas of the industry Delphi and Visteon.
    1. 1.1 A fierce or frightening person or thing.
      he had few anger issues but turned into a Godzilla later in the relationship

Origin

From the name of a huge prehistoric monster featuring in a series of Japanese films from 1954 (a name allegedly adopted from the nickname of a burly film set employee).

 
 
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