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词汇 behemoth
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Definition of behemoth in English:

behemoth

noun ˈbiːhɪˌməʊθbɪˈhiːmɒθ
  • 1A huge or monstrous creature.

    巨兽,庞大的怪物

    behemoths like the brontosaurus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the land of the giants, only the biggest behemoths rule.
    • Standing in the water, working like a tug, I maneuvered these hundred-foot behemoths against the banks and anchored them to the brush with yellow rope while Radish took rides on their backs.
    • Seigi's first blow bounced off the monster's big jawbone, doing nothing to phase the behemoth.
    • After that the behemoths roam farther and farther from the mountains, and the people come out to hunt.
    • One of the ancillary reasons, Hall decided to visit Assam was because he wanted to see if he could find the fabled graveyard of elephants - the final resting place these behemoths head towards when they sense the end was near.
    • He landed on the back of the behemoth as a monster of equal size.
    • The mountains themselves appeared the spiny backbones or monstrous prehistoric behemoths that were buried in thousands of layers of earth, and trying in vain to free themselves.
    • We stayed well to the right of the channel, but still, whenever one of these behemoths plowed past, two minutes later a three-foot wave would hurl us sideways.
    • Horses are huge, haunch heavy behemoths, built for speed and damn near poetry in motion.
    • A huge rock behemoth, large grey boulders formed its head and feet.
    • The monstrous behemoth of white had come out of nowhere as well, throwing Josh off track.
    • This, he thinks, can be done by boosting whale-watching tours in the Lower St. Lawrence, which, if done properly, is both a good cash source for the region and a respectful way of looking at marine behemoths in their natural habitat.
    • In the middle of it all stood a giant fighting with three other only slightly smaller behemoths.
    • The door slowly opened and Skye found herself face to face with a behemoth of a creature.
    • Harder depicts the whale as a fearsome monster, a silent behemoth that rules the seas.
    • The soldier grinned and latched his wrists to the enormous death behemoth.
    • David was still on the ground, but had managed to get around to the behemoth's giant tail.
    • I am afraid of becoming crushed, but the giant behemoths recognize my presence and leave a place for me to wheel through to get to the disappearing form of my lady.
    • A huge behemoth stumped through the side of the house, carefully splashing a thin, clear watery substance from a large can onto the house.
    Synonyms
    monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, leviathan, mammoth, monstrosity
    1. 1.1 Something enormous, especially a large and powerful organization.
      庞然大物(尤指规模庞大、强而有力的机构)
      shoppers are now more loyal to their local shops than to faceless behemoths
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Today's and tomorrow's business behemoths succeed not because they are strategy experts, but because they inspire, empathise and, most importantly, can adapt skills we are unlikely to have learnt in the classroom.
      • It was formed millions of years ago when India slowly crashed into Asia, giving rise to the Himalaya mountains and other rocky behemoths that form Tibet's borders on three sides.
      • Even the biggest unions lack the resources for tackling such behemoths or for organizing whole industries on the scale needed for very fast growth.
      • There are some good pictures there, and they vary in scale between small A4 sized prints to huge behemoths that only just fit on the wall.
      • Small, independent broadcasters cannot possibly compete with media behemoths controlling 40 percent or more of the market share in any given city.
      • Then, with a thunderous roar that spread across the entire mountain, the rocky behemoth tore apart.
      • Most big cities have one or two old monsters, but New York still has dozens, and the scale of these behemoths is all the more impressive when you consider that they were built nearly one hundred years ago.
      • We are also able to attract high-quality people because we are different organisations from the behemoths.
      • They are inefficient, gas-guzzling, polluting behemoths.
      • Small, family owned and private companies need to be structured in a different way than huge, multi-product, multi-market, high-tech behemoths.
      • The potential for delivering music via the Web is huge, so it's no wonder these two behemoths would scrap over it.
      • Mergers are leading to behemoths with ever-increasing power.
      • The same goes for protection of the individual's right to clean environment, which is being constantly polluted by the ever-expanding industrial behemoths.
      • Do these actions - pinpricks on the hides of huge corporate behemoths - have any broader meaning?
      • It's interesting just to list the predecessor organizations included in a few European-owned behemoths.
      • It is also a good way to obscure a behemoth like the Colossus that overlooks your patio from your neighbor's yard.
      • And if he wins, he allows the free market to energize and renew a huge creaky behemoth.
      • At one point, these huge behemoths were filled to the brim with foodstuffs, but now considered a safe haven for those unfortunate not to have a home to call upon.
      • There are huge economies of scale in building and maintaining these behemoths.
      • You mean the huge corporate behemoths have been lying to us?

Origin

Late Middle English: from Hebrew bĕhēmōṯ, intensive plural of bĕhēmāh 'beast'.

Definition of behemoth in US English:

behemoth

noun
  • 1A huge or monstrous creature.

    巨兽,庞大的怪物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The monstrous behemoth of white had come out of nowhere as well, throwing Josh off track.
    • Standing in the water, working like a tug, I maneuvered these hundred-foot behemoths against the banks and anchored them to the brush with yellow rope while Radish took rides on their backs.
    • David was still on the ground, but had managed to get around to the behemoth's giant tail.
    • In the middle of it all stood a giant fighting with three other only slightly smaller behemoths.
    • In the land of the giants, only the biggest behemoths rule.
    • Seigi's first blow bounced off the monster's big jawbone, doing nothing to phase the behemoth.
    • The door slowly opened and Skye found herself face to face with a behemoth of a creature.
    • The soldier grinned and latched his wrists to the enormous death behemoth.
    • This, he thinks, can be done by boosting whale-watching tours in the Lower St. Lawrence, which, if done properly, is both a good cash source for the region and a respectful way of looking at marine behemoths in their natural habitat.
    • I am afraid of becoming crushed, but the giant behemoths recognize my presence and leave a place for me to wheel through to get to the disappearing form of my lady.
    • After that the behemoths roam farther and farther from the mountains, and the people come out to hunt.
    • One of the ancillary reasons, Hall decided to visit Assam was because he wanted to see if he could find the fabled graveyard of elephants - the final resting place these behemoths head towards when they sense the end was near.
    • A huge rock behemoth, large grey boulders formed its head and feet.
    • Harder depicts the whale as a fearsome monster, a silent behemoth that rules the seas.
    • A huge behemoth stumped through the side of the house, carefully splashing a thin, clear watery substance from a large can onto the house.
    • The mountains themselves appeared the spiny backbones or monstrous prehistoric behemoths that were buried in thousands of layers of earth, and trying in vain to free themselves.
    • We stayed well to the right of the channel, but still, whenever one of these behemoths plowed past, two minutes later a three-foot wave would hurl us sideways.
    • Horses are huge, haunch heavy behemoths, built for speed and damn near poetry in motion.
    • He landed on the back of the behemoth as a monster of equal size.
    Synonyms
    monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, leviathan, mammoth, monstrosity
    1. 1.1 Something enormous, especially a big and powerful organization.
      庞然大物(尤指规模庞大、强而有力的机构)
      shoppers are now more loyal to their local stores than to faceless behemoths
      as modifier behemoth telephone companies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Do these actions - pinpricks on the hides of huge corporate behemoths - have any broader meaning?
      • Even the biggest unions lack the resources for tackling such behemoths or for organizing whole industries on the scale needed for very fast growth.
      • Small, family owned and private companies need to be structured in a different way than huge, multi-product, multi-market, high-tech behemoths.
      • There are some good pictures there, and they vary in scale between small A4 sized prints to huge behemoths that only just fit on the wall.
      • It is also a good way to obscure a behemoth like the Colossus that overlooks your patio from your neighbor's yard.
      • And if he wins, he allows the free market to energize and renew a huge creaky behemoth.
      • It was formed millions of years ago when India slowly crashed into Asia, giving rise to the Himalaya mountains and other rocky behemoths that form Tibet's borders on three sides.
      • The potential for delivering music via the Web is huge, so it's no wonder these two behemoths would scrap over it.
      • We are also able to attract high-quality people because we are different organisations from the behemoths.
      • Most big cities have one or two old monsters, but New York still has dozens, and the scale of these behemoths is all the more impressive when you consider that they were built nearly one hundred years ago.
      • Today's and tomorrow's business behemoths succeed not because they are strategy experts, but because they inspire, empathise and, most importantly, can adapt skills we are unlikely to have learnt in the classroom.
      • They are inefficient, gas-guzzling, polluting behemoths.
      • Then, with a thunderous roar that spread across the entire mountain, the rocky behemoth tore apart.
      • There are huge economies of scale in building and maintaining these behemoths.
      • It's interesting just to list the predecessor organizations included in a few European-owned behemoths.
      • Small, independent broadcasters cannot possibly compete with media behemoths controlling 40 percent or more of the market share in any given city.
      • You mean the huge corporate behemoths have been lying to us?
      • The same goes for protection of the individual's right to clean environment, which is being constantly polluted by the ever-expanding industrial behemoths.
      • At one point, these huge behemoths were filled to the brim with foodstuffs, but now considered a safe haven for those unfortunate not to have a home to call upon.
      • Mergers are leading to behemoths with ever-increasing power.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Hebrew bĕhēmōṯ, intensive plural of bĕhēmāh ‘beast’.

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