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stupendous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stu·pen·dous /stjuːˈpendəs $ stuː-/ adjective  GOOD/EXCELLENTsurprisingly large or impressive 巨大的;惊人的;了不起的 SYN magnificent a stupendous achievement 了不起的成就stupendously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
stupendousThe advance publicity has been stupendous, and the first issue is alleged to have sold out straight away.A stupendous cinema epic, reduced to a sort of frantic scurrying in a goldfish bowl, might merely seem ridiculous.Despite myself, my regard was still held by the stupendous figure prone before me.Did he get the limp in a flying accident on one of his stupendous runs, I asked.The stupendous storm was the result.An algorithm purporting to match what is presumed to be operating in a human brain would need to be a stupendous thing.The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.
Origin stupendous (1600-1700) Latin stupendus, from stupere; → STUPID1
stu·pen·dous adjectiveChineseSyllable
impressive Corpus large or surprisingly


stupendous
stupendous /stjuːˈpendəs $ stuː-/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: stupendus, from stupere; stupid1
surprisingly large or impressive
   SYN  magnificent:
    a stupendous achievement
—stupendously adverb


stu·pen·dousBrE /stjuːˈpendəs/ 🔊NAmE /stuːˈpendəs/ 🔊 adjective (rather informal) extremely large or impressive, especially greater or better than you expect 极大的;令人惊叹的;了不起的 SYN staggering stupendous achievements极大的成就stupendous costs惊人的花销 stu·pen·dous·ly BrE /stjuːˈpendəsli/ 🔊NAmE /stuːˈpendəsli/ 🔊 adverb