Monumental

(adj.) of outstanding significance; 'Einstein's monumental contributions to physics' .

(adj.) relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; 'the use of the arch in monumental architecture'; 'monumental sculptures' .

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• Outside was a considerable yard full of monumental masonry. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The jealous care with which special information in trade and manufacture is guarded frequently renders it a monumental task to procure a single receipt or formula. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• This was a joke in that monumental record of British humour, _Punch_. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The large blocks necessary for monumental purposes are generally obtained in this way, and before they leave the quarry they are usually reduced as nearly as possible to a rectangular form. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The incuriousness of the Roman rich and the Roman rulers was more massive and monumental even than their architecture. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There was a silence during which the tick of the monumental ormolu clock on the white marble mantelpiece grew as loud as the boom of a minute-gun. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• This was so much her normal state, that Joe and I would often, for weeks together, be, as to our fingers, like monumental Crusaders as to their legs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• What time Young John lay wrapt in peaceful slumber, after composing and arranging the following monumental inscription on his pillow-- STRANGER! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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