mammoth

/ˈmæm.əθ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmæm.əθ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈma-məth/ (ame, mw) · /ˈmæməθ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmæməθ/ (ame, ipa)

mammoth — adjective

  • mammothpositive
  • more mammothcomparative
  • most mammothsuperlative

1. huge in size, amount, or how much effort it needs — used to describe something t

1.形容詞B2
釋義

huge in size, amount, or how much effort it needs — used to describe something that feels almost impossibly big.

例句

Cleaning the flooded basement turned into a mammoth task for Felix and his brother.

attributive: mammoth task

The charity needs a mammoth effort from volunteers to feed the whole city this winter.

collocation: mammoth effort

同義詞
  • huge

    everyday, neutral; works in any register

  • enormous

    stronger than 'big' but slightly more formal than 'huge'

  • colossal

    more dramatic; often used for structures or amounts

  • gigantic

    vivid, slightly informal; emphasises visible bulk

反義詞
  • tiny

    common opposite for size

  • minuscule

    more formal; stresses smallness in scale

文法句型

mammoth + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used attributively — directly before a noun (mammoth task, mammoth effort). Avoid using after 'be' (don't say 'the task is mammoth'; say 'the task is huge' instead).

常見錯誤

❌The crowd was mammoth.
✅It was a mammoth crowd.
💡'mammoth' normally sits before a noun, not after 'be'.

mammoth — noun