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TOEFL BNC: 3790 COCA: 2539

giant noun [ C ] VERY TALL PERSON

B1 an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall, strong, and usually very cruel, appearing especially in children's stories(尤指儿童故事中凶残的)巨人

See also

someone who is taller or larger than usual身材异常高大的人,巨人

Examples

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 ] LARGE BUSINESS

C2 a very successful and powerful person or organization(成功且有影响的)伟人,巨头,大公司

He was one of the intellectual/political giants of this century.他是本世纪的知识界巨擘/政界巨头之一。
The takeover battle is between two of America's industrial/retail giants (= large companies).这场收购战是在两个美国工业/零售业巨头之间展开的。

extremely large巨大的,特大的

a giant earth-moving machine大型掘土机
to take giant steps大步流星

More examples

The most popular exhibit in the museum was a giant animatronic dinosaur.

The volcano spewed a giant cloud of ash, dust, and gases into the air.

The centrepiece of the shopping centre is a giant fountain.

They planned a giant party to celebrate the team's victory.

The gas leak caused a giant explosion to rip through the building.

TOEFL BNC: 3790 COCA: 2539
giant

noun¹

1very large man大個子PHRASESa 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 ADJECTIVEcorporate, 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。PREPOSITIONgiant 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...
Characters in stories: Arthur, Arthurian, changeling...
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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