giant
giant
英[ˈdʒaɪənt]美[ˈdʒaɪənt]
n.巨人，巨兽，大公司，伟人 ；
adj.巨大的，伟大的；
复数：giants;
例句
Scientists believe there are about 1,600 giant pandas living in reserves in the mountains of China..科学家认为有1600只大熊猫生活在中国山区的保护区。
I had neer seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree.我从来没见过一个沉重的、叮当响的、大腹便便的巨人扑通跳进烟囱，在圣诞树下快活地分发赐赠。
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 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！
Shakespeare is a giant among writers.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘。
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。
The best airships were the giant Graf Zeppelin and the luxurious Hindenburg of the 1930s.*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。
I like your name for great great grandpa Rex: Grandpa Giant!我喜欢你为好好爷爷雷克斯起的名字: 巨人爷爷.
I follow his finger to the giant tricolour fluttering in the breeze.我顺着他手指的方向,看到了风中飘荡的巨大的三色旗.
Giant pandas are being protected in Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province.现在大熊猫正在四川卧龙自然保护区受到保护.
英语六级真题
The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文The recent discovery of the giant Zohr gas field off the Egyptian coast will eventually have impact on pricing in the Mediterranean region and Europe, and there is significant development potential in many other places, notably Argentina.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文A prime example Schweitzer and his colleagues cite is the 2004 collapse of energy-trading giant Enron, where managers used financial incentives to motivate salesmen to meet specific revenue goals.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文Just a few decades ago, Asia's two giants were stagnating(停滞不前) under faulty economic ideologies.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CFor now, the giant apple snail's presence in Europe is limited to the Ebro Delta.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CI began working on my latest book, The Buried giant, in 2004.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section AIt may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BMerian was correct about the giant bird-eating spiders, ants building bridges with their bodies and other details.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BThe Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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.
例句
...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N-COUNT
大公司；大企业；大国
Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.
例句
...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.
例句
...a Nordic saga of giants.北欧的巨人传奇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.
例句
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*大的那个彪形大汉将玛蒂举起来放到自己的肩上。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.
例句
...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。英汉词典释义
n.
（故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的）巨人, 大力士
伟人, 卓越人物
Shakespeare is a giant among writers.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘。巨人；巨兽；巨型植物；巨物
大公司；强大的组织
adj.
特大的, 巨大的
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！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。英英词典释义
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 fair 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"行业词典
体育： 巨人；巨人峰；大回环；
医学： 巨人，巨生物：非常大的人或生物。见gigantism；
物理学： 巨脉冲激光器；giant-pulse laser；
