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godzilla

/god-zil-uh/US // gɒdˈzɪl ə //

哥斯拉,戈斯拉,斯拉,酷斯拉

Definitions

  1. 1

    Trademark.

    • : a science-fiction monster that resembles an enormous bipedal lizard, featured in Japanese and American films, television, and comic books.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • For attendance and size, the Godzilla is the Texas Renaissance Festival, on 70 acres near Houston.

  • For the movie buffs out there, it’s like adding into a cell a gene for Godzilla and another for King Kong.

  • Those who work with theaters say they don’t see “Godzilla” as a one-off.

  • Godzilla’s” totals, however, were so strong that they single-handedly pushed that number up above 35 percent, suggesting the health of overall box office is dramatically improving.

  • The mere concept of King Kong going up against Godzilla is, as the fancy people say, a false dichotomy.

  • Even Godzilla, the ugliest star attraction of them all, is bigger than ever, both at the box office and in sheer monstrous height.

  • Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past both did well at the box office, but neither were runaway success stories.

  • Why are melodramas like The Notebook derided for being unrealistic, while Godzilla gets lauded as the best of the year?

  • Much of the praise Edwards earned for his Godzilla adaptation stemmed from his frugal use of the monster.

  • Most recently, Charles Barkley appeared in a cartoon brawl with Godzilla.

  • Sand-fleas and blowflies become nightriders marauding a new turf of godzilla cars.