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单词 giant
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gi·ant

adjective
 
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
[only before noun]
  1. very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are巨大的;特大的;伟大的
    • The match was shown on a giant screen outside the town hall.比赛在市政厅外的一面大屏幕上播放。
    • a giant step towards achieving independence朝着独立迈出的巨大的一步
    • a giant squid大王乌贼
    • a giant-size box of tissues特大的一盒纸巾
    Extra Examples
    • That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.这是一个人的一小步,却是人类的巨大飞跃。
    • Giant clams may grow to be a metre long.砗磲能长到1米长。
    • The market is controlled by giant corporations which function as monopolies.市场是由垄断性巨头公司控制的。

gi·ant

noun
 
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
  1.  
    (in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid(通常残酷而愚蠢的)巨人
    • tales of giants and ogres巨人和食人魔的故事
    see also giantess
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • a gentle giant
    • a giant of a man
  2.  
    a person or thing that is unusually large巨人;庞然大物
    • He's a giant of a man.他是个巨人。
    • He is described as a gentle giant.他被描述为一个温和的巨人。
    Extra Examples
    • Some people are afraid of my dog, but he's a gentle giant.有些人害怕我的狗,但他是一个温柔的巨人。
    • The Amazon is a giant among rivers.亚马孙河是一条巨大的河流。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • a gentle giant
    • a giant of a man
  3.  
    a very large and powerful organization大公司;强大的组织
    • These are boom times for the software giant.现在是这个软件巨头的繁荣时期。
    • the multinational oil giants跨国大石油公司
    • The company is now one of the giants of the computer industry.这家公司现在是计算机行业的巨头之一。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • corporate
    • multinational
    • industrial
    preposition
    • giant among
    • giant of
  4. a person who is very good at something能手;善于…的人
    • Toni Morrison is one of the twentieth century's literary giants.托妮·莫里森是二十世纪的文学巨匠之一。
  5. see also gas giant, red giant
    Word OriginMiddle English geant (with the first syllable later influenced by Latin gigant-), from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant-.
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