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brobdingnagian

adj. 大人国的

In late January a Brobdingnagian battle erupted over a Lilliputian water dweller.
1月底，一种小小的水栖生物掀起了一场大战。
Animals smaller than rabbits, on the other hand, tend to attain brobdingnagian proportions—perhaps because bigger bodies are more energetically efficient than small ones.
另一方面，体型比兔子小的动物，在海岛上往往会演化成体型硕大的物种，也许是因为体型变大能提升能量利用效率。

brobdingnagian

[ adj ]

huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag

<adj.pert>

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

<adj.all>

huge government spending

huge country estates

huge popular demand for higher education

a huge wave

the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains

immense numbers of birds

at vast (or immense) expense

the vast reaches of outer space

the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization

Brobdingnagian \Brob`ding*nag"i*an\, a. [From Brobdingnag, a
country of giants in ``Gulliver's Travels.'']
Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant.
[Spelt often {Brobdignagian}.]

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