| 单词 | prodigious |
| 释义 | pro·di·gious /prəˈdɪdʒəs/ adjective [usually before noun] POWERvery large or great in a surprising or impressive way 巨大的，庞大的，大得惊人的prodigious amounts/quantities of something Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy. 一些星系似乎释放出巨大的能量。 the artist’s prodigious output 那位艺术家惊人的高产 —prodigiously adverbExamples from the Corpusprodigious• It was designed by the prodigious bridge-builder, Thomas Bouch.• And as we all know from the great chemical fire of 1994, an unhappy Sprewell is a prodigious bummer indeed.• This was written in 1824 when the prodigious composer was only 15.• He fell in love, via a prodigious email correspondence, with another academic whom he had met fleetingly at a conference.• Building the bridge was a prodigious feat of engineering and finance.• He scored a try, dropped a goal and controlled the game with some prodigious kicking mixed with some beautifully balanced running.• The building was a prodigious limestone parthenon done in the early thirties in the Civic Moderne style.• He was noted for his prodigious memory, was deeply religious, and a staunch advocate of temperance.• Fund-raisers used fears of destruction to raise the prodigious sums that fueled the entire machine.prodigious amounts/quantities of something• A major tsunami will deposit broken trees near the high-water mark and move prodigious amounts of sediment.pro·di·gious adjectiveChineseSyllable very large in a or great surprising Corpus |
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