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giant是什么意思

详细释义

0 an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall, strong, and usually very cruel, appearing especially in children's stories -- （尤指兒童故事中兇殘的）巨人
1 a very successful and powerful person or organization -- （成功且有影響的）偉人，巨頭，大公司
- He was one of the intellectual/political giants of this century. 他是本世紀知識界的巨擘／政界巨頭之一。
- The takeover battle is between two of America's industrial/retail giants (= large companies). 這場收購戰是在兩個美國工業／零售業巨頭之間展開的。
2 extremely large -- 巨大的，特大的
- a giant earth-moving machine 大型掘土機
- to take giant steps 大步流星

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.
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.