huge

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++huge /hjuːdʒ/ S1 W2 adjective 1

BIGextremely large in size, amount, or degree 巨大的，庞大的；极大量的；程度深的 SYN enormous a huge dog 一条大狗 huge crowds 大群大群的人 Your room’s huge compared to mine. 你的房间跟我的比很大。 These shoes make my feet look huge. 这双鞋让我的脚看上去大极了。a huge amount/sum/quantity etc huge sums of money 大笔大笔的钱5 the huge scale of the problem该问题的严重性n We are only now realizing the huge scale of the problem.a huge loss/profit/increase etc a huge increase in cost 成本的大幅提高a huge range/variety/selection etc a huge range of issues 大量问题a huge success/disappointment etc The play was a huge success. 该剧大获成功。a huge difference/gap etc The new system has made a huge difference. 用了新系统以后大不一样了。► see thesaurus at big2 informal very popular or famous 很受欢迎的；著名的 David Hasselhoff is huge in Germany. 大卫·哈塞尔霍夫在德国很受欢迎。5 —hugelyadv hugely successful极其成功的 —hugeness noun [uncountable]n GrammarHuge is not used with ‘very’. You say: The house is absolutely huge. ✗Don’t say: The house is very huge.

Examples from the Corpus

huge• He has a huge belly and is always drooling.• It was shiny metal, with a large black leather seat and huge black handlebars.• Thelma baked a huge chocolate cake for me.• The United States is a huge country with a relatively thin population spread over it.• I don't care if it means I miss out on huge deals.• The new system for targeting fraudulent websites has made a huge difference.• Moving the speakers as little as an inch or two forward or backward can make a huge difference.• Terrified, Mildred backed away and crashed into something hard, which seemed to be a huge iron railing towering above her.• Behind the huge mirrors and searchlights were buildings full of food and supplies.• King's new novel will undoubtedly be a huge success.• There is huge unexplored potential in this field.a huge amount/sum/quantity etc• He claimed that Hunt, with others, laundered a huge amount through Geneva bank accounts.• I have a huge amount of respect for him personally, and undying admiration for Greenpeace.• I hope they realise by being here we will bring in a huge amount of trade.• Mana put a huge amount of money into their boot and binding, but it flopped in the market.• The constituent parts of this promise do not seem to add up to a huge amount.• Each vessel must have cost a huge sum, and carried at least a score of men on board.• It was completed in 1970, at a cost of one billion dollars - a huge sum in those days.Origin huge (1100-1200) Old French ahuge