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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- giant
['ʤaɪənt]
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1.
noun
[c]
(in stories) 巨人
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2.
noun
(large company) 巨头
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3.
adjective
(huge) 巨大的
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an opera/a football giant
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歌剧/足球巨星
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- giant
[ˈʤaɪənt]
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1.
adjective
巨大的，庞大的
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A giant man was standing next to a little boy.
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一个大个子男人正站在一个小孩的旁边。
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2.
n.[c]
巨型生物
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I had a dream that a giant was terrorizing the city.
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我做了一个梦，梦见一个巨人对这个城市实施恐怖统治。
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3.
n.[c]
大人物，巨头；伟人
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Springsteen was a giant, the creator of a complete imaginative world.
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斯普林斯汀是一个伟人，他创建了完整的充满想象力的世界。
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He is a giant in the telecommunications industry.
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他是电信业的巨头。
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4.
n.[c]
大型企业，企业巨头
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I aspire to create a retail giant.
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我渴望创办一家零售巨头。
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Walton built a retail giant.
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沃尔顿建立了一个零售帝国。
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5.
n.[c]
高个子，大汉
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He was considered to be a giant among boys in his field.
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他在他那一拨孩子里可是个大高个。
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6.
n.[c]
庞然大物
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7.
n.[c]
巨人，大力士
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Cyclops were giants with only one eye, like a lantern, in the center of their forehead.
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独眼巨人是一些只有一只眼睛的巨人，这只眼睛在他们前额的正中间，像个灯笼。
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8.
n.[c]
[Astronomy]
巨星
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The last two appear to come from several different red giants that shed their atmospheres into space as they died.
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最后两个似乎来自若干个红巨星，这些红巨星在死亡之时把它们的大气喷射到太空中。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- giant
['ʤaɪənt]
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n
giantess a mythical figure of superhuman size and strength, esp in folklore or fairy tales
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2.
n
a person or thing of exceptional size, reputation, etc
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a giant in nuclear physics
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3.
n
[Greek myth]
any of the large and powerful offspring of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth) who rebelled against the Olympian gods but were defeated in battle
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4.
n
[pathol]
a person suffering from gigantism
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5.
n
See giant star
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6.
n
another word for monitor
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7.
adj
[Astronomy]
[Mining]
remarkably or supernaturally large
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8.
adj
another word for colossal
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9.
adj
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French geant, from Vulgar Latin gagas (unattested), from Latin gigas, gigant-, from Greek
Examples
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a giant yclept Barbarossa
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一个名叫巴巴洛萨的巨人
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Bring me the second book of "The Giant" as soon as you can.
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尽快把《巨人》的第二卷给我拿来。
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The giant frog is able to jump three metres.
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大青蛙能够跳3米远。
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The government set up nature reserves to protect the giant panda.
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政府建立了自然保护区来保护大熊猫。
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An enormous tractor with giant wheels was driving across his path.
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一辆轮子巨大的大拖拉机从他面前穿过。
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I aspire to create a retail giant.
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我渴望创办一家零售巨头。
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