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leviathan

leviathan
[英] [ləˈvaɪəθən] [美] [ləˈvaɪəθən] 生词本

n.

adj.

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  • 英英释义

1. N-COUNT 庞然大物；巨无霸 A leviathan is something which is extremely large and difficult to control, and which you find rather frightening. 

  • Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.

    民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。

Noun

1. the largest or most massive thing of its kind;

  • "it was a leviathan among redwoods"
  • "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"

2. monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament