Massive



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• adj. 巨大的
• ［英］ adj. 巨大的 ( very big and heavy)
• ［记］ mass ( 体积) +ive -> 体积大的 -> 巨大的
• ［例］ Congress tried to reduce the massive national debt.

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English massiffe, from Anglo-French mascif, alteration of massiz, from Vulgar Latin *massicius, from Latin massa mass
• Date: 15th century
• 1. forming or consisting of a large mass:
  • a. bulky
  • b. weighty, heavy <massive walls><a massive volume>
  • c. impressively large or ponderous
  • d. having no regular form but not necessarily lacking crystalline structure <massive sandstone>
• 2.
  • a. large, solid, or heavy in structure <massive jaw>
  • b. large in scope or degree <the feeling of frustration, of being ineffectual, is massive — David Halberstam>
  • c.
    • (1) large in comparison to what is typical <a massive dose of penicillin>
    • (2) being extensive and severe <massive hemorrhage><massive collapse of a lung>
    • (3) imposing in excellence or grandeur ; monumental <massive simplicity>
• 3. having mass <a massive boson>
• ? massively adverb
• ? massiveness noun

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