enormous
adjective uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/ us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
B1 极大的；巨大的；庞大的
extremely large
an enormous car/house 大轿车／大房子
He earns an enormous salary. 他工资极高。
I was absolutely enormous when I was pregnant. 我怀孕的时候，身体十分臃肿。
You've been an enormous help. 你真是帮了大忙。
Synonyms: astronomical (LARGE) big (LARGE)colossalelephantine gargantuangiant giganticginormous goodly great (BIG)heftyhugeimmensejumbolarge mahoosive mammoth massiveoutsizeoversize prodigious respectablesizeable stupendousthumping tidy tremendousvastvoluminous walloping whopping
- More examples
- She's put an enormous pile of papers on my desk and I haven't a clue what to do with them.
- The post-war government had the enormous task of reconstructing the city.
- She showed enormous courage when she rescued him from the fire.
- They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside.
- He ran up an enormous phone bill by ringing up chatlines all the time.