tre‧men‧dous S2 / trɪmendəs / 形容词

1 very big, fast, powerful etc :

Suddenly, there was a tremendous bang, and the whole station shook.

She was making a tremendous effort to appear calm.

She praised her husband for the tremendous support he had given her.

Sales have been tremendous so far this year.

This plan could save us a tremendous amount of money.

2 excellent :

She’s got a tremendous voice, hasn’t she?

— tremendously 副词 :

tremendously wealthy

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.