vast S3 W2 / vɑst $ væst / 形容词

1 extremely large 同义词 huge

vast amounts/numbers/quantities/sums etc (of something)

The government will have to borrow vast amounts of money.

The refugees come across the border in vast numbers .

vast areas/expanses/tracts etc (of something)

vast areas of rainforest

In the past five years, there has been a vast improvement in graduation rates.

2 the vast majority (of something) used when you want to emphasize that something is true about almost all of a group of people or things :

The vast majority of books on the subject are complete rubbish.

— vastness 名词 [不可数名词]

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.