prodigious

• adj. 驚人的，異常的，奇妙的；巨大的

來自prodigy,天才，神童。引申詞義天才般的，奇跡的，巨大的，偉大的。

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.

1. Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.

激光磁盤能夠貯存大量信息。

來自《權威詞典》

2. This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.

這種業務收益豐厚。

來自辭典例句

3. He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.

他驚人的記憶力讓所有見過他的人都印象深刻。

來自辭典例句

4. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

所以,讓自由的回聲響徹新罕布什爾州連綿不絕的山頭吧!

來自演講部分

5. The gulls which haunted the outlying rocks in a prodigious number.

數不清的海鷗在遙遠的岩石上棲息.

來自辭典例句