prodigious
英 [prə'dɪdʒəs]***美 [prə'dɪdʒəs]
中文词源
prodigious 巨大的，伟大的来自prodigy,天才，神童。引申词义天才般的，奇迹的，巨大的，伟大的。
中文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.
- 激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.
- 这种业务收益丰厚。
来自辞典例句
- 3. He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.
- 他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
来自辞典例句
- 4. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
- 所以,让自由的回声响彻新罕布什尔州连绵不绝的山头吧!
来自演讲部分
- 5. The gulls which haunted the outlying rocks in a prodigious number.
- 数不清的海鸥在遥远的岩石上栖息.
来自辞典例句
