prodigious
英 [prə'dɪdʒəs]
美[prə'dɪdʒəs]
- adj. 惊人的，异常的，奇妙的；巨大的
英英释意
- 1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
- "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"
- "has a colossal nerve"
- "a prodigious storm"
- "a stupendous field of grass"
- "stupendous demand"
- 2. of momentous or ominous significance;
- "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville
- "a prodigious vision"
- 3. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree;
- "a night of exceeding darkness"
- "an exceptional memory"
- "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"
- "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"