leviathan

英 [lə'vaɪəθən] 美 [lə'vaɪəθən]

• n. 大海兽；庞然大物

英英释义

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He said oil slicks from the stricken leviathan still sometimes marred the bay.
   他说来自死亡大海兽的浮油有时候还是要污染海湾。

经典引文

• Leviathan, Hugest of living Creatures.

  出自： Milton

近反义词

【近义词】

• whale 鲸