n.(名词)

1. 巨人
2. 庞然大物，巨物，巨大的怪物
3. 伟人，卓越人物
4. 巨大的动物，巨兽
5. 巨型植物，巨树
6. 大公司，巨头
7. 强大的组织
8. 大力士，大汉
9. 巨擘
10. 巨星

adj.(形容词)

1. 巨大的，特大的，庞大的
2. 巨人般的，巨人似的
3. 伟大的
4. 重型的
5. 非凡的

n.(名词)

1. [C]巨人,大力士 a very big tall person in stories; a man who is much bigger than usual
2. [C]伟人,卓越人物 a person of great ability

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]特大的,巨大的 extremely large

Noun:

1. any creature of exceptional size

2. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

3. an unusually large enterprise;

   "Walton built a retail giant"
   

4. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

5. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

6. an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales

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

Adjective:

1. of great mass; huge and bulky;

   "a jumbo jet"
   "jumbo shrimp"
   

1.巨大的；特大的；极其重要的
Something that is described asgiant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind.

e.g. ...Italy'sgiant car maker, Fiat.
意大利汽车生产巨头菲亚特公司
e.g. ...agiant oak table.
巨大的橡木桌

2.大公司；大企业；大国
giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.

e.g. ...Japanese electronicsgiant Sony.
日本电子业巨头索尼公司
e.g. ...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.
德国工业巨头之一，戴姆勒—奔驰公司

3.（尤指古代传说中虚构的）巨人
Agiant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories.

e.g. ...a Nordic saga of giants.
北欧的巨人传奇

4.伟人；巨子；高大健壮的人
You can refer to someone, especially a man, as agiant, if they seem important or powerful or if they are big and strong.

giant的近义词

e.g. He has enormous charisma. He is agiant of a man...
他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
e.g. The biggest man in the patrol, agiant 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。

5.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 agiant, if they are regarded as one of the most important or successful people in their field.

e.g. ...thegiant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti...
歌剧界巨擘卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂
e.g. 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。

1. 巨人传：除了芬奇,其他过世之后赢得奥斯卡提名的还包括,詹姆斯-迪恩(James Dean)在1955年和1956年分别凭借在<>(East of Eden) 和<>(giant)两次赢得最佳男主角的提名,

2. 巨星：马丁.高特弗雷德(Martin Gottfried)曾将百老汇创作历史上不同时期涌现的作曲家分为三类:巨星(giant),他们制定了早期音乐剧的基本模式,形成了百老汇音乐剧创作的传统;大师(Master),他们是具有自己不同风格和特点的创作者,

The hero smote the giant with his sword.

英雄用剑猛劈巨人。

Shakespeare is a giant among writers.

莎士比亚是作家中的大文豪。

As we all know,Philips is the Dutch elctronics giant.

众所周知,飞利浦是荷兰电子业巨头。

That is one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.

对于个人来说那是小小的一步,但对于整个人类来说却是一次巨大的飞越。

Special cages are made to protect them from giant fish.

为了保护他们免受大鱼的侵袭,人们做了特制的笼子。

He's a giant of a man.

他是个巨人。

the multinational oil giants

跨国大石油公司

literary giants

大文豪

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

...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.

意大利汽车生产巨头菲亚特公司

...a giant oak table.

巨大的橡木桌

...Japanese electronics giant Sony.

日本电子业巨头索尼公司

...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.

德国工业巨头之一，戴姆勒—奔驰公司

...a Nordic saga of giants.

北欧的巨人传奇

He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man...

他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。

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。

...the giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti...

歌剧界巨擘卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂

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。

Traditional and the newly established key projects absorbed a total of more than 60 million graduates.

传统和新设立的重点项目共吸纳60多万名毕业生.

Shakespeare is a giant among writers.

莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘.

The lofty pagoda stands like a giant at the top of the mountain.

巍巍宝塔屹立在山巅.

He doesn't want his firm to be swallowed up by a transnational giant.

他不想自己的公司被一家大型的跨国公司吞并.

Once upon a time there was a giant with two heads.

从前有个两头巨人.

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!

The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways.

越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机.

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.

The best airships were the giant Graf Zeppelin and the luxurious Hindenburg of the 1930 s.

最好的飞船是20世纪30年代特大的齐柏林号和豪华的兴登堡号.

Newton was an intellectual giant.

牛顿是一个智力巨人.

The Wanglang Preserve in western Sichuan is the haunt of the giant panda.

川西的王朗自然保护区是大熊猫出没的地方.

He's a giant of a man.

他是个巨人。

1. Have you read the story The Selfish giant ?
   你读过《自私的巨人》这个故事吗?
2. Jackson was the giant of the basketball team.
   杰克逊是篮球队里的巨人。
3. What a giant of a tree!
   多高大的树哇!
4. Shakespeare is a giant writer.
   莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘。
5. His father was a giant in the field of ship building.
   他父亲是造船业的巨子。
6. She works in an oil giant.
   她在一家大石油公司工作。

用作定语～+ n.

1. 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!
2. 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。

形容词+～

• giants">literary giants文豪

～+介词

• giants%20in%20the%20business%20world">giants in the business world实业界巨头
• giant%20of%20letters">giant of letters文豪

～+名词

• giant%20panda">giant panda大熊猫
• giant%20star">giant star巨星

• The Gyaunte Atlas beareth the worlde on hys shoulders.

  出自：R. Eden

n.(名词)

1. giant用作名词的基本意思是“巨人,大力士”,可指童话故事中的巨人,也可指身材高大魁梧的人或巨物。引申还可指“杰出的人,卓越人物,大公司”。与其相对的阴性名词是giantess。

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的geant；最初源自古希腊语的gigas，意为野蛮人的一支，后终被众神消灭。