giant
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind. 巨大的; 重大的[ADJ n]
...America's giant car maker, General Motors. …美國的汽車制造巨頭——通用汽車公司。
...a giant oak table. …一張巨大的櫟木桌。
2. N-COUNT Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country. 大企業; 大國[journalism]
...Japanese electronics giant, Sony. …日本的電子業巨頭——索尼公司。
3. N-COUNT A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories. (尤指古老故事中虛搆的) 巨人
...a Nordic saga of giants. …一部關於巨人的北歐傳奇。
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giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ (giants)
剑桥词典
- Dad terrified us with stories of a big , bad giant who ate little children .
- In the pantomime of 'Jack and the Beanstalk', we just saw the giant's huge hand .
- Tales are told about an island inhabited by a race of giants, as tall as houses .
- To a small child , Mr Preston must seem like a giant - he's about 6' 5".
- The Gog Magog hills in Cambridgeshire were named after two mythical giants, Gog and Magog.
giant noun [C] (VERY TALL PERSON)
an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall , strong , and usually very cruel , appearing especially in children's stories(尤指兒童故事中兇殘的)巨人
也見
gigantic
someone who is taller or larger than usual
身材異常高大的人,巨人
範例
giant noun [C] (LARGE BUSINESS)
a very successful and powerful person or organization(成功且有影響的)偉人,巨頭,大公司
He was one of the intellectual /political giants of this century . 他是本世紀的知識界巨擘/政界巨頭之一。
The takeover battle is between two of America's industrial /retail giants (= large companies ). 這場收購戰是在兩個美國工業/零售業巨頭之間展開的。 返回 giant