prodigious
prodigious
[prəˈdɪdʒəs]
adjective
prodigiously
adverb
prodigiousness
noun
语源
[prəˈdɪdʒəs]
adjective
- remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
（范围，规模，程度）巨大的，庞大的
the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel.
这种炉子消耗大量燃料。 - (archaic)unnatural or abnormal
(古)不自然的；不正常的
rumours of prodigious happenings, such as monstrous births.
诸如生怪胎等不正常事件的谣言。
prodigiously
adverb
prodigiousness
noun
语源
- late 15th cent. (in the sense 'portentous'): from Latin prodigiosus, from prodigium 'portent' (see prodigy)
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