English-Thai Dictionary
juggernaut
N รถบรรทุก ขนาดใหญ่ large lorry large truck rod-ban-tuk-ka-nad-yai
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JUGGERNAUT
Jug "ger *naut `, n. Etym: [Skr. jagannatha lord of the world. ]
Defn: One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos. [Written also Juggernnath, Jaganath, Jaganatha, etc. ]
Note: The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut is at Pûri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. Formerly, fanatics sometimes threw themselves under the wheels to be crushed as a sacrifice to the god.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Juggernaut
Jug ger naut |ˈjəgərˌnôt ˈʤəɡərnɔt |Hinduism the form of Krishna worshiped in Puri, Orissa, where in the annual festival his image is dragged through the streets on a heavy chariot; devotees are said formerly to have thrown themselves under its wheels. Also called Jagannatha. ORIGIN via Hindi from Sanskrit Jagannātha ‘Lord of the world. ’
juggernaut
jug ger naut |ˈjəgərˌnôt ˈʤəɡərˌnɔt | ▶noun a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution: a juggernaut of secular and commercial culture. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: extension of Juggernaut .
Oxford Dictionary
Juggernaut
Juggernaut |ˈdʒʌgənɔːt |Hinduism the form of Krishna worshipped in Puri, Orissa, where in the annual festival his image is dragged through the streets on a heavy chariot; devotees are said formerly to have thrown themselves under its wheels. Also called Jagannatha. ORIGIN via Hindi from Sanskrit Jagannātha ‘Lord of the world ’.
juggernaut
juggernaut |ˈdʒʌgənɔːt | ▶noun Brit. a large, heavy vehicle, especially an articulated lorry. • a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force: the juggernaut of public expenditure. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: extension of Juggernaut .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
juggernaut
jug ger naut /dʒʌ́ɡə r nɔ̀ːt /名詞 1 C ｟非難して ｠〖時に J- 〗(強大な権力 組織など )圧倒的破壊力 (を持つもの ).2 C ｟英 ｠超大型トレーラートラック .3 〖J- 〗クリシュナ神の像 〘ヒンドゥー神話でヴィシュヌ (Vishnu )神の化身 〙.
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