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Gigantic means extremely big — bigger than big, closer to huge or enormous. A gigantic building, a gigantic dog, a gigantic mistake. People use it for emphasis, not for careful measuring; it has a slightly colourful, story-like feel. It comes from Ancient Greek gigantikós, from gígas, “giant.” An English poet, Michael Drayton, is said to have coined the English word in 1612. You can use it in speech and writing; it is not slang, but it is more dramatic than “very large.” Giant can be a noun (“a giant”) or an adjective (“a giant pizza”); gigantic is only an adjective.
巨大的、龐大的
組成From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), from γίγας (gígas, “giant”). The English adjective is said to have been coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
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- giantthe everyday noun and adjective from the same Greek root
- giganticallythe adverb formed from gigantic
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
giganticadj/d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
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Very large.
- Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile) Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood, Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;
- It is in solitude that the imagination exercises its gigantic power; and where are a woman's feelings nurtured but in solitude?
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slangExcellent; very good or exciting.
- This band is going to be gigantic.
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In the manner of a giant.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。