mas‧sive S2 W3 / mæsɪv / 形容词

1 very large, solid, and heavy :

The bell is massive, weighing over 40 tons.

the castle’s massive walls

2 unusually large, powerful, or damaging :

My phone bill was massive last month.

massive increases in the number of homeless

Club members can get a massive discount of £50.

massive stroke/heart attack etc

He suffered a massive stroke.

massive argument/row etc British English :

I had a massive argument with her.

3 British English informal extremely good :

Listen to this. It’s a massive song.

— massively 副词 :

The president was massively popular.

THESAURUS

very big

huge/massive/enormous extremely big : The table was enormous. | a huge explosion | Their house is huge. | There is a huge amount of work to be done. | There has been a massive increase in oil prices. | The company is massive, operating in 150 countries. | A massive fire destroyed more than thirty homes. | He’s been under an enormous amount of stress recently. | The changes will have an enormous impact.

great [仅用于名词前] very big – used especially to describe the level or number of something : He achieved great success in America. | The college offers a great number of courses. | a great advantage

vast extremely big – used about areas, distances, numbers, or amounts : vast areas of rainforest | A vast number of tourists visit the island every year.

gigantic extremely big and much bigger than other things of the same type : Gigantic waves crashed onto the beach.

colossal extremely big – used about amounts or objects : James ran up a colossal phone bill. | a colossal statue of Napoleon

tremendous having an extremely big effect : There have been some tremendous changes. | My new job will be a tremendous challenge. | The children were making a tremendous amount of noise.