huge /hjuːdʒ/ ●●● S1 W2 adjectiveadj 1 BIGextremely large in size, amount, or degree 巨大的,庞大的;极大量的;程度深的 SYN enormous Your room’s huge compared to mine. 你的房间跟我的比很大。
These shoes make my feet look huge. 这双鞋让我的脚看上去大极了。
a huge amount/sum/quantity etc huge sums of money 大笔大笔的钱
5 the huge scale of the problem该问题的严重性
n We are only now realizing the
huge scale of the problem.
a huge loss/profit/increase etc a huge increase in cost 成本的大幅提高
a huge range/variety/selection etc a huge range of issues 大量问题
a huge success/disappointment etc The play was a huge success. 该剧大获成功。
a huge difference/gap etc The new system has made a huge difference. 用了新系统以后大不一样了。
► see thesaurus at big 2 informal very popular or famous 很受欢迎的;著名的 David Hasselhoff is huge in Germany. 大卫·哈塞尔霍夫在德国很受欢迎。
—hugeness noun [uncountableU]
n GrammarHuge is not used with ‘very’. You say: The house is absolutely huge.
✗Don’t say: The house is very huge.