giant

['dʒaiənt]

n.巨人, 巨物,大公司
adj.巨大的

n.[C]

1. (童话中的)巨人

2. (身材超群的)巨人

3. (力量, 智力超群的)伟人

Shakespeare is a literary giant.

莎士比亚是一位大文豪。

4. 巨物; 巨大的动物(或植物)

That company is a giant in the electronics industry.

那家公司在电子工业中实力最强。

a.

巨人般的; 巨大的[B]

A giant photograph of the actor hangs in the foyer of the theatre.

那位演员的巨幅照片挂在剧场的休息室里。

词形变化

名词复数：giants

词义辨析

同义:

a.巨人般的; 巨大的

huge  immense  vast  enormous  tremendous  monumental  mammoth  gigantic  

同义参见:

monster  large  jumbo  whale  

反义:

a.巨人般的; 巨大的

diminutive  small  little  tiny  dwarf  

反义参见:

pygmy  

英英释义

名词 giant:

any creature of exceptional size

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

同义词：colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan

an unusually large enterprise

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

同义词：hulk, heavyweight, whale

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

同义词：goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus

an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales

a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

同义词：giant star

形容词 giant:

of great mass; huge and bulky

同义词：elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo

补充

giantgiant英:[ˈdʒaiənt] 美:[ˈdʒaɪənt]n.1.巨人, 大力士2.伟人, 卓越人物Shakespeare is a giant among writers.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘。adj.1.特大的, 巨大的The giant packet gives you more for less money!特大的包装使你用便宜的价钱买到超值的分量！It is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect.年纪这样轻、智力又如此高的人可不多。

例句

1. the electronics giant, Hitachi电子行业巨头日立公司 2. a retail giant零售业巨头 3. one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz德国的产业巨头之一, 戴姆勒-奔驰汽车公司 4. a Nordic saga of giants北欧的巨人传说 5. He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man.他具有非凡的魅力, 是人中豪杰。 6. The biggest man in the patrol, a giant of a man, lifted Mattie onto his shoulders.巡逻队伍中身材最魁梧的男子是个大力士, 他把马蒂扛到肩膀上。 7. He was without question one of the giants of Japanese literature.毫无疑问, 他是日本大文豪之一。 8. He is a giant in nuclear physics.他是核物理学领域的巨擘。 9. that giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti那位歌剧艺术大师, 卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂 10. They ate a giant meal.他们吃了一顿大餐。 11. a giant Christmas tree一棵巨型圣诞树 12. a giant among sportsmen.运动员中的超人。 13. giant multinational corporations.大型跨国公司。 14. a giant transport plane.巨型运输机 。 15. a giant meteorite.巨大的陨星。 16. the multinational oil giants (= very large companies)大型跨国石油公司 17. a giant photograph/machine/wrestler巨幅照片；巨型机器；魁梧的摔跤手 18. a giant corporation一家大型公司 19. a giant-size box of detergent一盒超大盒装的清洁剂 20. the land of the giants巨人国 21. a big baby who grew up to be a giant of a man [=a very large man]长成身材高大男子的巨大儿 22. The company has become a giant of the automotive industry. [=it has become very large and successful]这家公司成了汽车工业的巨头。 23. an American literary giant美国大文豪