stupendous

大学 FREQ #26249

a. 惊人的, 巨大的

发音

US /stuˈpɛndəs/
其它
UK /stjuˈpɛndəs/

词形变化

more stupendous 比较级 most stupendous 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

惊人的；巨大的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

    One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.

  2. 2.

    Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.

    The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

colossal prodigious

近义相关 2

big large

词源

First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.

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