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leviathan

/ləˈvaɪəθ(ə)n/ 名词 C2

中文: 利维坦、力威亚探、里外雅堂

  1. A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
  2. A thing which is monstrously great in size, strength, etc. (especially a ship); also, a person with great power or wealth. (figuratively)
  3. Sometimes in the form Leviathan: based on the writings of Thomas Hobbes, the political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one. (figuratively) · Holonym: the System

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He had spent four decades calculating load-bearing capacities and structural tolerances, yet the sheer buoyancy of this maritime leviathan always fascinated him.
《The Resonance of the Crossing》,第1页 · C2

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