giantnoun
（故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的）巨人
(in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid
巨人；巨兽；巨型植物
an unusually large person, animal or plant
He's a giant of a man.
他是个巨人。
大公司；强大的组织
a very large and powerful organization
the multinational oil giants
跨国大石油公司
伟人；卓越人物
a person who is very good at sth
literary giants
大文豪
adj.
only before noun巨大的；特大的；伟大的
very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are
a giant crab
巨蟹
a giant-size box of tissues
特大一盒纸巾
a giant step towards achieving independence
朝着独立迈出的巨大的一步
giant
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ADJ 巨大的；特大的；极其重要的
Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind....Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.
意大利汽车生产巨头菲亚特公司
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N-COUNT 大公司；大企业；大国
Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country....Japanese electronics giant Sony.
日本电子业巨头索尼公司
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N-COUNT （尤指古代传说中虚构的）巨人
A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories....a Nordic saga of giants.
北欧的巨人传奇
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N-COUNT 伟人；巨子；高大健壮的人
You can refer to someone, especially a man, as a giant, if they seem important or powerful or if they are big and strong.He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man...
他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
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N-COUNT 卓越人物；大师；才华超群的人
You can refer to someone such as a famous musician or writer as a giant, if they are regarded as one of the most important or successful people in their field....the giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti...
歌剧界巨擘卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂
noun
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- any creature of exceptional size
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- an unusually large enterprise
- Walton built a retail giant
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- a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
- Synonym: giant star
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- an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength;appears in folklore and fairy tales
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- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- Synonym: colossus behemoth heavyweight titan
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- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- Synonym: goliath behemoth monster colossus
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- a very large person;impressive in size or qualities
- Synonym: hulk heavyweight whale
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- of great mass;huge and bulky
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
- Synonym: elephantine gargantuan jumbo
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He 's a giant of a man .
他是个巨人。
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He looks scary but he 's really a gentle giant .
他看上去可怕，实际却是个性格温和的巨人。
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He went to the party in a giant chicken costume .
他是打扮成一只大鸡去参加聚会的。
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When two industrial giants clash , small companies can get caught in the crossfire .
两工业巨头交火时，小公司难免遭殃。
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The team 's mascot is a giant swan .
这个队的吉祥物是只大天鹅。
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He was without question one of the giants of Japanese literature .
毋庸置疑，他是日本的文学巨匠之一。
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Personally , I could care less whether the Giants come or not .
就我个人来说，我根本就不在乎巨人队来还是不来。
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The result has been a giant leap in productivity .
其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
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Fewer than a thousand giant pandas still live in the wild .
只有不到1,000只大熊猫仍然在野外生活。
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David Jacobs was given the job of combining the data from these 19 studies into one giant study
分给戴维·雅格布斯的任务是把这19项研究得出的数据加以综合，使之成为一项大型研究。
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They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep .
他们不得不忍受就在家门口的巨型炼油厂。
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He has enormous charisma . He is a giant of a man
他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
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They beat the Giants by a score of 7 to 3
他们以7比3的比分击败了巨人队。
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The event will be relayed to a giant TV screen a mile away .
这项赛事将会在一英里以外的一个巨大的电视屏幕上转播。
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Overhead cranes were lifting giant sheets of steel
高架起重机正吊起一块块巨大的钢板。
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Mr Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal
萨瑟兰先生也许有能力促使两大贸易巨头达成协议。
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It was dark and a giant moon lit the road so brightly you could see the landscape clearly
天黑了，一轮巨大的月亮把道路照得通明，周围的景物可以看得一清二楚。
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Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants
本田在20世纪80年代作为一家轻易挫败行业巨头的小汽车公司而声名鹊起。
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Observers have recently found in the Universe giant voids about 500,000,000 light-years across .
观察员最近在宇宙中发现了直径约5亿光年的巨型空洞。
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All that stuff about catching giant fish was just a bit of poetic licence .
有关捕捉大鱼的所有内容只是一点破格罢了。
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The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation 's retail giants .
最新的迹象是该国几家零售巨头的销售额有所上升。
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It 's a noisy place with film clips showing constantly on one of the cafe 's giant screens
这个咖啡馆很嘈杂，室内的一个大屏幕上不停地播放着电影片断。
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The trust , which has 2.3 million members , has been characterised as a sleeping giant of the environment movement .
这个拥有230万名成员的信托基金会被描述为环保运动方面的一头睡狮。
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He was traded from the Giants to the Yankees
他从巨人队转会到扬基队。
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Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections .
他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。
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The biggest man in the patrol , a giant of a man , lifted Mattie on to his shoulders .
巡逻队中块头最大的那个彪形大汉将玛蒂举起来放到自己的肩上。
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A giant wildcat is being hunted after 58 lambs were butchered .
一只大野猫在捕杀了58只羊羔后遭到猎捕。
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That 's a giant step for us to take .
这就是我们要跨出的一大步。
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He is a manager of a giant electronics company .
他是一家特大型电子产品公司的经理。
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The lofty pagoda stands like a giant at the top of the mountain .
巍巍宝塔如巨人般屹立在山巅。
含义很广，指体积、数量、程度方面极大的，但通常不用于重量。
The road was blocked by a huge rock.
道路被一块巨石堵住了。
The play was a huge success.
该剧获得巨大成功。
通常指体积或总量极大的。
It looked like a colossal statue.
它看上去像一个巨大的雕像。
He has gained colossal profit from the business.
他从生意中获取了巨额利润。
指尺寸或数量巨大的。
She has bought an enormous house.
她买了一幢大房子。
He saved up an enormous amount of money for his daughter.
他为女儿存了一大笔钱。
只作定语，指比其他同类事物大的。
They found a giant tortoise.
他们发现了一只巨龟。
That's a giant step for us to take.
这就是我们要跨出的一大步。
He is a manager of a giant electronics company.
他是一家特大型电子产品公司的经理。
指规格、数量或程度巨大的，含超出常规或预想之意。
This is the most gigantic pizza I've ever seen.
这是我见过的最大比萨饼了。
Those jewels are so gigantic a hundred men could not carry them.
那些大块的宝石一百个人都搬不动。
The gigantic task of reconstruction awaits them.
重建的艰巨任务等着他们去完成。
指体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准的。
It's almost impossible to find him in the immense ocean.
在无边无际的海洋中要找到他几乎是不可能的。
The value of the helicopter is immense. It can hardly be measured.
直升机的价值是无限的，几乎无法估量。
多指空间、面积、范围巨大的。
The vast plain stretches for 800 miles.
那片辽阔的平原绵延800英里。
There is a vast difference between them.
他们两人之间有着天壤之别。
The Pacific Ocean is a vast expanse of water.
太平洋是一片浩瀚的水域。