enormous

记忆“enormous”可以通过创造一个关联图像来帮助。想象一个巨大的“en”机器人，它在字母“m”上跳舞，因为它的动作“ous”非常夸张和巨大。这样的视觉联想可以帮助你记住单词“enormous”的意思是巨大的、庞大的。

enormous 巨大的

e-, 向外。-norm, 正常，见normal. 即超出正常的，巨大的。

enormous

enormous: [16] Etymologically, enormous is a parallel formation to abnormal and extraordinary. It comes from Latin ēnormis, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and norma ‘pattern, rule’ – hence literally ‘out of the usual pattern’. It originally had a range of meanings in English, including ‘abnormal, unusual’ (‘entered the choir in a military habit, and other enormous disguises’, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry 1774) and ‘outrageous’.

By the beginning of the 19th century these had mostly died out, leaving the field clear for modern English ‘huge’, although the notion of ‘outrageousness’ remains in the noun derivative enormity [15].
=> abnormal, normal

enormous (adj.)

1530s, "abnormal" (usually in a bad sense), from Latin enormis "out of rule, irregular, shapeless; extraordinary, very large," from assimilated form of ex- "out of" (see ex-) + norma "rule, norm" (see norm), with English -ous substituted for Latin -is. Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1540s; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity. Earlier was enormyous (mid-15c.) "exceedingly great, monstrous." Related: Enormously; enormousness.

1. She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.

她是一个害羞、娇美的女孩，长着一双大大的蓝眼睛。

2. Enormous acreages of soya beans are grown in the United States.

美国种植着大片的大豆。

3. The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.

公司凭借早期产品的巨大成功而在市场上遥遥领先。

4. The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.

两家公司在金融市场有非常大的影响力。

5. The boss retains enormous influence by reason of his position.

老板由于自身的地位而一直有极大的影响力。

【tremendous, colossal, huge, gigantic, massive, vast, enormous, immense, giant】
这组词都有“巨大的，庞大的”的意思，其区别是：
tremendous: 指某物很大，大得惊人；也可用作引申意义。
colossal: 侧重尺寸、规模和体积的无比巨大。
huge: 含义广，强调体积或容积的庞大。也可用于引申意义。
gigantic: 指面积或体积的巨大，但多用于引申意义。
massive: 指大的体积、数量和重量，侧重庞大而笨重。
vast: 多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。
enormous: 指体积、数量或程度远远超过一般标准。
immense: 正式用词，侧重空间的广阔，也指面积或分量的巨大。
giant: 非正式用词，多为褒义。指如巨人般的庞大体积。