immensity

[英] [ɪˈmensɪti:] [美] [ɪˈmɛnsɪti] 生词本

n.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 广大的;巨大的 If you describe something as immense, you mean that it is extremely large or great. 
  • ...an immense cloud of smoke...

    大片的烟云

  • With immense relief I stopped running.

    我长长地松了一口气,停止了奔跑。

immensity
  • The immensity of the universe is difficult to grasp.

    宇宙的浩瀚难以捉摸。

Noun

1. unusual largeness in size or extent

1. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible.
桥尽管很大,但它结构简单,而外形雅观,实现了设计师要创造出“一个在重物作用下尽可能不变形的庞然大物”的理想。

来自《用法词典》

2. We have no intuitive grasp of the immensity of time.
我们对时间的无限没有什么直观的认识。

来自《简明英汉词典》