herculean 音标拼音: [hɚkj'uliən]
a . 力大无比的;巨大的
力大无比的;巨大的
herculean adj 1 :
displaying superhuman strength or power ; "
herculean exertions " [
synonym : {
herculean }, {
powerful }]
2 :
extremely difficult ;
requiring the strength of a Hercules ; "
a herculean task "
Herculean \
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a . [
L .
herculeus ,
fr .
Hercules :
cf .
F .
hercul ['
e ]
en .
See {
Hercules }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Requiring the strength of Hercules ;
hence ,
very great ,
difficult ,
or dangerous ;
as ,
an Herculean task .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Having extraordinary strength or size ;
as ,
Herculean limbs . "
Herculean Samson ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Herculean ":
Antaean ,
Atlantean ,
Briarean ,
Brobdingnagian ,
Cyclopean ,
Gargantuan ,
Homeric ,
abstruse ,
abysmal ,
arduous ,
astronomic ,
backbreaking ,
brutal ,
burdensome ,
colossal ,
complex ,
critical ,
crushing ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
difficile ,
difficult ,
effortful ,
elephantine ,
enormous ,
epic ,
exacting ,
forced ,
formidable ,
gargantuan ,
giant ,
giantlike ,
gigantic ,
grueling ,
hairy ,
hard ,
hard -
earned ,
hard -
fought ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
heroic ,
huge ,
immense ,
infinite ,
intricate ,
jawbreaking ,
jumbo ,
killing ,
knotted ,
knotty ,
labored ,
laborious ,
mammoth ,
mean ,
mighty ,
monster ,
monstrous ,
monumental ,
mountainous ,
no picnic ,
not easy ,
onerous ,
operose ,
oppressive ,
painful ,
prodigious ,
profound ,
punishing ,
rigorous ,
rough ,
rugged ,
set with thorns ,
severe ,
spiny ,
steep ,
strained ,
strenuous ,
stupendous ,
thorny ,
ticklish ,
titanic ,
toilsome ,
tough ,
towering ,
tremendous ,
tricky ,
troublesome ,
uphill ,
vast ,
wearisome ,
wicked
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