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。
• 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。
• Back we will go, the way we came, and small thanks to you big, hulking, chicken-hearted men.
  我们这就顺原路回去，对你们这些体壮如牛却胆小如鼠的人，我们真是感激不尽！
• 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。
• We can't move that hulking great desk on our own.
  靠我们自己没法搬动那张又大又笨重的办公桌。
• "I hate that word hulking," objected Tom crossly," even in kidding."
  “我恨笨拙这个词，”汤姆气呼呼地抗议道，“即使开玩笑也不行。”
• 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。
• 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。