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TOEFL BNC: 3790 COCA: 2539

giant

adjective
 
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
[only before noun]
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  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.这场比赛在市政厅外的大屏幕上播放。
    • 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。
    • a giant step towards achieving independence朝着独立迈出的巨大的一步
    • a giant squid一只巨大的鱿鱼
    • a giant-size box of tissues特大的一盒纸巾
    Extra Examples
    • 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。

giant

noun
 
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
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  1.  
     (in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid（故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的）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
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  2.  
     a person or thing that is unusually large巨人；巨兽；巨型植物
    • 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 intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.有些人被他的大块头吓住了，实际上他很和善。
    • 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
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  3.  
     a very large and powerful organization大公司；强大的组织
    • These are boom times for the software giant.这是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
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  4. a person who is very good at something伟人；卓越人物
    • Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.加缪被视为 20 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-.
TOEFL BNC: 3790 COCA: 2539
giant

noun¹

 1very large man大個子PHRASES➤a gentle giant和藹的大塊頭◇Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.有些人被他的大塊頭嚇住了，實際上他很和善。➤a giant of a man身材高大的人◇He was a giant of a man, standing nearly seven feet tall.他是一個巨人，身高差不多有 7 英尺。
giant

noun²

 2sth that is very large/important大或重要的事物ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤corporate, multinational大型企業；大型跨國公司▸➤industrial, oil, pharmaceutical, retail, software, telecom, etc.工業、石油、製藥、零售、軟件、電信等巨頭◇The oil giant Esso is planning to set up a new refinery in the port.石油業巨頭埃索打算在這個港口建一座新煉油廠。➤literary文學巨匠◇Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.加繆被視為 20 世紀的文學巨匠之一。PREPOSITION➤giant among⋯中的巨人◇The Amazon is a giant among rivers.亞馬孫河是一條巨大的河流。➤giant of⋯方面的巨頭◇The company is now one of the giants of the computer industry.這家公司現在是計算機行業的巨頭之一。
TOEFL BNC: 3790 COCA: 2539
giant adj.
⇨ huge
TOEFL BNC: 3790 COCA: 2539
giant
General types of business or company: account, acquisition, affiliate...
Successful person: success, achiever, success story...
Important and powerful person or people: figure, magnate, VIP...
Characters in stories: Arthur, Arthurian, changeling...
Words for people according to general shape: a fine figure of a man/woman, amazon, beanpole...
Large in size: large, big, high...
Words used to describe animals: amphibious, androgynous, anthropoid...
Words used to describe plants and plant parts: algal, androgynous, aquatic...

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