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prodigious 音标拼音: [prəd'ɪdʒəs] a. 很大的,惊人的,异常的 很大的,惊人的,异常的 prodigious adj 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" [synonym: {colossal}, {prodigious}, {stupendous}] 2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision" [synonym: {portentous}, {prodigious}] 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" [synonym: {exceeding}, {exceptional}, {olympian}, {prodigious}, {surpassing}] Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See {Prodigy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. [1913 Webster] 114 Moby Thesaurus words for "prodigious":
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