massive

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mas·sive /ˈmæsɪv/ S2 W3 adjectiveadj

1 BIGvery large, solid, and heavy 大而重的，厚重的

The bell is massive, weighing over 40 tons.

那口钟非常大，有40多吨重。

the castle’s massive walls

城堡高大厚实的围墙

► see thesaurus at big

2 BIGunusually large, powerful, or damaging 巨大的；强大的，强烈的；极具破坏力的

My phone bill was massive last month.

上个月我的电话费数额巨大。

massive increases in the number of homeless

无家可归者数量的剧增

Club members can get a massive discount of £50.

会员可以有50英镑的大折扣。

massive stroke/heart attack etc

He suffered a massive stroke.

他有过一次严重中风。

massive argument/row etc British EnglishBrE

I had a massive argument with her.

我和她大吵了一架。

3 British EnglishBrE informal extremely good 极好的，非常妙的

Listen to this. It’s a massive song.

听听这个，非常棒的一首歌。

—massively adverbadv

The president was massively popular.

总统广受欢迎。

Examples from the Corpus

massive• Her house is massive.• The system is capable of recording massive amounts of information.• From inside they hear a massive and hysterical scream of the friends letting out their true feelings.• I had a massive argument with Vicky yesterday.• Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.• There is a massive file cabinet stuffed with documents so old and densely packed they may be ready to ignite spontaneously.• There is massive investment in disease and mortality which the system protects by distracting people's attention from it.• Union leaders are warning of massive job losses.• The sums involved are massive -- over £12 billion in the first year alone.• The most influential critics were either misanthropic or committed to the need for massive reform.• Oswald lay still, aware of a drone in the block, a heaving breath, grimness, massive sleep.• The ancient temple's massive stone pillars had begun to crumble.• His quarter-measures have brought higher prices, and also provoked massive strikes, but without any prospect of stabilising the economy.• a massive tax bill• But de Lattre, personally taking charge, flew in reinforcements and mustered every available aircraft to bomb the massive Vietminh formations.

massive argument/row etc• At the time we didn't have massive arguments about it.• The potential for a massive row like that over the community charge was immense.

Origin massive

(1400-1500) French massif, from masse; → MASS1

mas·sive adjectiveadj

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