fabulous

/'fæbjulәs/

柯林斯星级

BNC频率: 7086

现代语料频率: 5757

考研英语雅思 GRE

中文翻译

a. 传说的, 寓言般的, 难以置信的

英文解释

s. extremely pleasing

s. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

s. barely credible

常见例句

one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. n

Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.

A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones. Any region of fabulous wealth

Fabulousness. n