Brobdingnagian
US'brɔbdıg'nægıən
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From 'Brobdingnag', a land of giants in Jonathan Swift's book 'Gulliver's Travels'.
مثال
- The building was of Brobdingnagian proportions.
- He had a Brobdingnagian appetite.
- The project was a Brobdingnagian undertaking.
ترکیبهای رایج
Brobdingnagian proportions Brobdingnagian appetite Brobdingnagian undertaking Brobdingnagian masterpiece
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag “Pertains to noun: Brobdingnag”
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope “huge government spending” “huge country estates” “huge popular demand for higher education” “a huge wave” “the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains” “immense numbers of birds” “at vast (or immense) expense” “the vast reaches of outer space” “the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge”