prodigious
英 [pr?'d?d??s]
美 [pr?'d?d??s]
中文詞源
prodigious 巨大的，偉大的來自prodigy,天才，神童。引申詞義天才般的，奇跡的，巨大的，偉大的。
英文詞源
- prodigious (adj.)
- 1550s, "ominous," from Middle French prodigieux and directly from Latin prodigiosus "strange, wonderful, marvelous, unnatural," from prodigium (see prodigy). Meaning "vast, enormous" is from c. 1600. Related: Prodigiously; prodigiosity.
雙語例句
- 1. Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.
- 激光磁盤能夠貯存大量信息。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.
- 這種業務收益豐厚。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.
- 他驚人的記憶力讓所有見過他的人都印象深刻。
來自辭典例句
- 4. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
- 所以,讓自由的回聲響徹新罕布什爾州連綿不絕的山頭吧!
來自演講部分
- 5. The gulls which haunted the outlying rocks in a prodigious number.
- 數不清的海鷗在遙遠的巖石上棲息.
來自辭典例句