- (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 giantessOxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- a gentle giant
- a giant of a man
See full entry - 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
See full entry - 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
- …
prepositionSee full entry - 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。
see also gas giant, red giantWord OriginMiddle English geant (with the first syllable later influenced by Latin gigant-), from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant-.