gargantuan

gargantuan

英 [gɑː'gæntjʊən]
　　美 [ɡɑr'ɡæntʃuən]

adj. 龐大的，巨大的

中文詞源：

gargantuan 龐大的

來自法語小說人名Gargantua,食人怪獸。來自gargle, 喉嚨，漱口。

例句：

1. My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.
我那龐大的 、 早期的計算機隻適合寫文章和玩紙牌遊戲, 就這些.

2. Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least $ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.
福爾克甚至說服耐克公司至少花瞭100萬美元去推銷喬丹, 這在當時是一筆巨額款項.

3. Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
我立刻意識到這是一個巨大的錯誤.

4. Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.
天文學傢也看到過較近的星系伸出的巨大的羽狀物.

5. Gargantuan asteroid to pass near Earth this fall.
大量小行星今秋將與地球錯身而過.