- 1驚人的、了不起的、壯觀的（帶點誇張、老派的讚嘆語氣）
Stupendous means so big, so good, or so impressive that it surprises you. The surprise is the important part — 'huge' is just size, but 'stupendous' is size that makes you stop and stare. You can use it for amounts (a stupendous fortune, stupendous debts), for scale (a stupendous waterfall), and for achievements (a stupendous performance, a stupendous goal). Most of the time it is warm and , close to 'amazing' or 'magnificent'. But it also works for bad things when they are bad: 'a stupendous failure', 'stupendous bad luck'. In those cases the speaker is half- the size of the disaster. In feel, it is old-fashioned and a bit theatrical. Sports commentators love it, film advertisements love it, and use it more than teenagers do. A young person today would more likely say 'incredible' or 'insane'. Because of that slightly grand flavour, it is also used — you might call an ordinary sandwich stupendous as a joke, and everyone understands you are performing enthusiasm rather than reporting a fact.
組成First attested 1547, from Late Latin stupendus, 'stunning, amazing', from the verb stupeo, 'I am stunned'. So the word literally means 'to-be-wondered-at'.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
stupendousadj/stuˈpɛndəs/
- 1
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
- One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
- The entrance to Fonthill—that truly cloud-capt palace, so fantastic and so transitory—was by two stupendous doors, which seemed to defy the strength of giants.
- 2
Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
- The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.
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