tre·men·dous /trɪˈmɛndəs/
(a.)巨大的,非常的,可怕的
Tre·men·dous a. Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.
A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley.
Syn: -- Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful.
-- Tre*men*dous*ly, adv. -- Tre*men*dous*ness, n.
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tremendous
adj 1: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power
or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses";
"tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in
human experience; that a whole civilization should be
dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane
took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: enormous]
2: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a
fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!";
"a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare
books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, howling(a), marvelous,
marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, wonderful, wondrous]