stupendous

形容词 adj.
/stjuˈpɛndəs/    /stuˈpɛndəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
    — One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
  2. Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
    — The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.

词形变化

more stupendous comparative most stupendous superlative

词源

First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.
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