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

gargantuan

/ɡɑːˈɡantjʊən

adjective

Enormous: a gargantuan appetite...

However, for those of us for whom it also is work, it is a stamina and endurance challenge of gargantuan proportions.
As befits a man with a gargantuan appetite, he chose the menu himself.
A whole new sector with a gargantuan appetite for power was emerging.

Synonyms

enormous, extremely big, extremely large, massive, huge, colossal, vast, immense, cosmic, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monstrous, towering, mammoth, prodigious, elephantine, mountainous, mighty, monumental, epic, king-size, king-sized, titanic, Herculean, Brobdingnagian, substantial, hefty, weighty, bulky

informal whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, mega, monster, jumbo, hulking, bumper

British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous

Origin

Late 16th century: from Gargantua, the name of a voracious giant in Rabelais' book of the same name (1534), + -an.

Gargantua is the name of a large-mouthed giant with a huge and insatiable appetite from the book of the same name, published in 1534, by the French satirical writer Rabelais. In one episode Gargantua accidentally swallows six pilgrims while eating a salad. Gargantuan, meaning ‘enormous or gigantic’, comes from the name of Rabelais' colossal guzzler.

单词	gargantuan
释义	gargantuan /ɡɑːˈɡantjʊən / adjective Enormous: a gargantuan appetite... However, for those of us for whom it also is work, it is a stamina and endurance challenge of gargantuan proportions. As befits a man with a gargantuan appetite, he chose the menu himself. A whole new sector with a gargantuan appetite for power was emerging. Synonyms enormous, extremely big, extremely large, massive, huge, colossal, vast, immense, cosmic, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monstrous, towering, mammoth, prodigious, elephantine, mountainous, mighty, monumental, epic, king-size, king-sized, titanic, Herculean, Brobdingnagian, substantial, hefty, weighty, bulky informal whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, mega, monster, jumbo, hulking, bumper British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous Origin Late 16th century: from Gargantua, the name of a voracious giant in Rabelais' book of the same name (1534), + -an. Gargantua is the name of a large-mouthed giant with a huge and insatiable appetite from the book of the same name, published in 1534, by the French satirical writer Rabelais. In one episode Gargantua accidentally swallows six pilgrims while eating a salad. Gargantuan, meaning ‘enormous or gigantic’, comes from the name of Rabelais' colossal guzzler.
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