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brobdingnag

/ˈbrɒb.dɪŋ.næɡ/

翻译: 乔纳森·斯威夫特小说《格列佛游记》中虚构的巨人国,居民身材巨大,一切事物都规模宏大。

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noun

/ˈbrɒb.dɪŋ.næɡ/C2formal
  • zh乔纳森·斯威夫特小说《格列佛游记》中虚构的巨人国,居民身材巨大,一切事物都规模宏大。

A proper noun referring to a fictional land in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, inhabited by giants and characterized by enormous scale.

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  1. Imaginary land of giantsC1formal

    A fictional country from Jonathan Swift's novel 'Gulliver's Travels', inhabited by giants where everything is of enormous size.

    zh巨人国

    • Gulliver found himself in Brobdingnag, where the people were twelve times taller than him.
    • The king of Brobdingnag was fascinated by Gulliver's tiny size.
    • Swift used Brobdingnag to satirize human pride and pettiness.