English-Thai Dictionary

herculean

ADJ ซึ่ง ต้อง ใช้กำลัง และ ความพยายาม อย่างมาก  sueng-tong-chai-kam-lang-lae-kwam-pa-ya-yam-yang-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HERCULEAN

a.[from Hercules. ] Very great, difficult or dangerous; such as it would require the strength or courage of Hercules to encounter or accomplish; as Herculean labor or task. 1. Having extraordinary strength and size; as Herculean limbs.
2. Of extraordinary strength, force or power.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HERCULEAN

Her *cu "le *an, a. Etym: [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. herculéen. See Hercules. ]

 

1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.

 

2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. "Herculean Samson. " Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Herculean

Her cu le an |ˌhərkyəˈlēən, hərˈkyo͞olēən ˈˌhərkjəˈˌliən | ▶adjective requiring great strength or effort: a Herculean task. • (of a person ) muscular and strong. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to Hercules ’): from Latin Herculeus ‘Hercules ’ + -an .

 

Oxford Dictionary

Herculean

Herculean |ˌhəːkjʊˈliːən, həːˈkjuːlɪən | ▶adjective requiring great strength or effort: a Herculean task. • (of a person ) muscular and strong. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to Hercules ’): from Latin Herculeus ‘Hercules ’ + -an .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

Herculean

Herculean adjective 1 a Herculean task: arduous, grueling, laborious, back-breaking, onerous, strenuous, difficult, formidable, hard, tough, huge, massive, uphill; demanding, exhausting, taxing; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS easy. 2 his Herculean build: strong, muscular, muscly, powerful, robust, solid, strapping, brawny, burly; informal hunky, beefy, hulking. ANTONYMS puny.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

Herculean

Herculean adjective 1 a Herculean task: arduous, gruelling, laborious, back-breaking, onerous, strenuous, difficult, formidable, burdensome, hard, tough, huge, heavy, massive, uphill, Sisyphean; demanding, exhausting, taxing, exacting, wearying, wearisome, fatiguing; informal killing; Brit. informal knackering; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS easy. 2 he was a man of Herculean build: strong, muscular, muscly, powerful, sturdy, robust, solid, well built, powerfully built, solidly built, strapping, brawny, burly, broad-shouldered, as strong as an ox, as strong as a horse, as strong as a lion; informal hunky, beefy, hulking; literary stalwart, thewy, stark. ANTONYMS puny.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

herculean

her cu le an /hə̀ː r kjəlíːən , ｟英 ｠həːkjúːliən /形容詞 ｟文 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で; 時にH -〗大力 [努力 ]を要する, 至難の, 手ごわい 〈仕事など 〉▸ a herculean task 至難の仕事