so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
\\\"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple\\\"
\\\"has a colossal nerve\\\"
\\\"a prodigious storm\\\"
\\\"a stupendous field of grass\\\"
\\\"stupendous demand\\\"
of momentous or ominous significance;
\\\"such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity\\\"
\\\"a prodigious vision\\\"
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree;
\\\"a night of exceeding darkness\\\"
\\\"an exceptional memory\\\"
\\\"olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy\\\"
\\\"the young Mozart\\\'s prodigious talents\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
A nuclear reactor generates prodigious amounts of heat. 一座核反應堆能發出巨大的熱量。
We are all overwhelmed by his prodigious memory. 我們都被他那驚人的記憶力折服了。
The Sussex ironworks were carried on at such a prodigious expense of wood. 蘇塞克斯鐵廠象這樣辦下去使木材造成如此驚人的耗費。
She was shocked by the prodigious view. 她對這奇異的景象感到震驚。
These last words produced a prodigious effect on the seaman. 這最后的幾句話在水手們身上發生了一種奇異的效果。
常用短語
Henry, whose memory was prodigious, had forgotten..nothing.