behemoth

• n. 巨獸；河馬
• adj. 巨大的；高大的

來自希伯來語，怪物。

behemoth (n.)

late 14c., huge biblical beast (Job xl:15), from Latin behemoth, from Hebrew b'hemoth, usually taken as plural of intensity of b'hemah "beast." But the Hebrew word is perhaps a folk etymology of Egyptian pehemau, literally "water-ox," the name for the hippopotamus.

Long before Jumbo was dreamed of, a hippo was exhibited by George K. Bailey, who invented the tank on wheels now used so generally in the circuses. The beast was advertised as "the blood sweating Behemoth of Holy Writ," and he made several men rich. [Isaac F. Marcosson, "Sawdust and Gold Dust," in "The Bookman," June 1910]

1. The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.

這座城市無計劃地向外擴展著，成為一個中心缺失的龐然大物。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The behemoth jet towers six stories and may have crossed the line of common political sense.

這個體積龐大的噴氣飛機有六層樓房那麽高,也許已經為普通的政治常識所不能容忍.

來自百科語句

3. Behold now , Behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.

伯 40:15 你且觀看河馬.造你也造他. 吃草與牛一樣.

來自互聯網

4. Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

你且觀看河馬.我造你也 造 它. 它吃草與牛一樣.

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5. On this stingy substitute rain, the behemoth of living things, the redwood, thrives.

生命中的龐然大物紅杉樹, 就在這雨水替代物的涓滴滋養下茁壯成長.

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