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

• 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。
• "I hate that word hulking," objected Tom crossly.
  我恨笨拙这个词，汤姆气乎乎地抗议道。
• 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。
• 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。
• Recovering himself in a minute he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets.
  过了一会，精神恢复之后，他为我们打开了两个非常讲究的特大衣橱。
• The former speaker, J.Dennis Hastert, now just a Republican member of Congress from Illinois, stood hunched and hulking by the back rail of the chamber.
  前任众院议长丹尼斯•哈斯特德弓着背，笨重的倚在议院（注6）的栏杆上。
• 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。
• We were stopped by two hulking security guards.
  我们被两个五大三粗的保安人员拦住了。
• One day, while out on the bleak moors, Pip is startled by a hulking, menacing man who threatens him if he does not bring him some food immediately.
  匹普外出在阴冷的荒原上游荡时，一个魁梧、凶狠的男子把他吓了一跳。这个男子威胁他，让他立即为他送些食物来。
• 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。