hulking

英 [ˈhʌlkɪŋ]

美 [ˈhʌlkɪŋ]

adj.  很大的; 很沉重的; 大得吓人的

TEM8

BNC.34255 / COCA.17154

牛津词典

adj.

• 很大的；很沉重的；大得吓人的
  very large or heavy, often in a way that causes you to feel nervous or afraid
  1. a hulking figure crouching in the darkness
     黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
  2. I don't want that hulking great computer in my office.
     我不要把那台又笨又大的计算机放在我的办公室。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （尤指令人恐惧的人或物）庞大而笨重的，庞然大物般的
  You usehulkingto describe a person or object that is extremely large, heavy, or slow-moving, especially when they seem threatening in some way.
  1. When I woke up there was a hulking figure staring down at me...
     我醒来时，有个巨形身影正低头盯着我看。
  2. He came upon the hulking redbrick hospital.
     他偶然发现了这座红砖砌成的森然高耸的医院。

英英释义

adj

• of great size and bulk
  1. a hulking figure of a man
  2. three hulking battleships
  Synonym:hulky

双语例句

• They have shared the same hulking blast furnace, dismantled and shipped piece by piece from Germany's old industrial heartland to Hebei Province, China's new Ruhr Valley.
  它们使用同样简陋的熔炉，这些设备被拆开来再分成小块从德国的老工业中心转移到河北省，中国的新鲁尔山谷。
• It was a mistake to put such a hulking creditor second only to the International Monetary Fund in the recovery queue.
  让这个如此庞大的债权人在获得补偿的队伍中排在仅次于国际货币基金组织（IMF）的位置，是一个错误。
• Perched on stage beside the hulking figure of Arnold Schwarzenegger last weekend, Alibaba boss, Jack Ma, looked slighter than ever.
  与壮硕的阿诺德·施瓦辛格同台亮相，阿里巴巴的老板马云显得格外袖珍。
• The building-a hulking mass of granite whose black silhouette is visible for miles amid the Yellow Midwestern Plains-is an unlikely Command Centre for an entrepreneur who has striven to stay out of the spotlight for four decades.
  作为一位40年来一直努力避开公众注意的企业家，他的总部大楼似乎不太符合这个形象在美国中西部黄色的平原上，这座大理石建筑的庞大黑色轮廓从几英里外就能看到。
• He came upon the hulking redbrick hospital.
  他偶然发现了这座红砖砌成的森然高耸的医院。
• "I hate that word hulking," objected Tom crossly.
  我恨笨拙这个词，汤姆气乎乎地抗议道。
• In the middle of a scrubby business park on the outskirts of Dublin, a hulking grey building has recently sprung up.
  在都柏林郊外一片灌木丛生的商业园区中央，一座庞大的灰色建筑最近拔地而起。
• I can't imagine why that hulking great building was allowed to be built.
  我不能想象会批准建造如此巨大的建筑物。
• Eating wood might seem odd, but many low-calorie breads and other baked goods now include powdered cellulose, which acts as a hulking agent to help hold the foods together.
  吃木头听来似乎有些奇怪，但许多低热量（卡路里）的面包和其他一些烘焙食品如今都添加一些纤维素粉末，用来作为聚合的中介物，以助食品整体的凝固。
• In front of us, one of these hulking machines gives off heat.
  在我们面前，一台体形庞大的机器正冒出股股热气。