| 词汇 | example_english_prodigious-amount |
| 释义 | prodigious amountcollocation in Englishmeanings of prodigiousand amountThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with amount. prodigious adjective uk /prəˈdɪdʒ.əs/ us /prəˈdɪdʒ.əs/ extremely great in ability, amount, ... See more at prodigious amount noun[C] uk /əˈmaʊnt/ us /əˈmaʊnt/ a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ... See more at amount Examples of prodigious amountThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The other is that it involves the most prodigiousamount of form filling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is clear from a reading of the report that a prodigiousamount of work has gone into it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They frequently remarked on its accuracy and the swiftness of its target acquisitionand especially the prodigiousamount of artillery ammunition expended. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Moreover, because of her design, the ship could carry a prodigiousamount of cargo. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In addition to emotional excess, the poet glorifies in the prodigious amounts of wealth and time squandered for the sake of wine. Directors spent prodigious amounts of money to meet material costs for productions of both genres, expenditures for ballet-pantomimes sometimes even exceeding those of particular operas in a given season. We are spending prodigious amounts of money, quite rightly, on new towns and slum clearance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They take up a vast amount of precious time and drink prodigious amounts of coffee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Bark was in especially high demand for local tanneries that produced prodigious amounts of leather. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It appears to have crash-landed on the planet millions of years ago (precipitating a mass extinction) and is putting out prodigious amounts of radiation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Small insectivorous mammals eat prodigious amounts for their size. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His theoretical results were the product of prodigious amounts of work on the data of language, in which the economy of description was a major criterion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When lit, prodigious amounts of fuel are burnt in the afterburner, raising the temperature of exhaust gases by a significant degree, resulting in a higher exhaust velocity/engine specific thrust. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of prodigious Go to the definition of amount See other collocations with amount |
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