giant

gi·ant

G0114900 (jī′ənt)n.1. a. A person or thing of great size.b. A person or thing of extraordinary power, significance, or importance: a giant in the field of physics; automotive industry giants.2. a. Greek Mythology One of a race of humanlike beings of enormous strength and stature who were destroyed in battle with the Olympians.b. A being in folklore or myth similar to one of these beings.3. A gymnastic maneuver in which the body is swung, fully extended, around a horizontal bar.adj. Marked by exceptionally great size, magnitude, or power: a giant wave; a giant impact.

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[Middle English, from Old French geant, jaiant, from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, from Greek.]

giant

(ˈdʒaɪənt) n1. a mythical figure of superhuman size and strength, esp in folklore or fairy tales. Also (feminine): giantess 2. a person or thing of exceptional size, reputation, etc: a giant in nuclear physics. 3. (Classical Myth & Legend) 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 battle4. (Pathology) pathol a person suffering from gigantism5. (Astronomy) astronomy See giant star6. (Mining & Quarrying) mining another word for monitor⁸adj7. remarkably or supernaturally large8. (Architecture) architect another word for colossal[C13: from Old French geant, from Vulgar Latin gagās (unattested), from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Greek] ˈgiant-ˌlike adj

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(ˈdʒaɪ ənt)

n. 1. (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size and strength. 2. a person or thing of unusually great size or power. 3. a person or thing of extraordinary importance, achievement, etc.: one of the giants of aviation. adj. 4. unusually large; gigantic; huge. 5. of extraordinary power, importance, or achievement. [1250–1300; Middle English geant < Old French < Latin gigant-, s. of gigās < Greek Gígās member of a mythical race of gigantic beings] gi′ant•like`, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	giant - any creature of exceptional size animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	2.	giant - a person of exceptional importance and reputationtitan, behemoth, colossus, heavyweightimportant person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
	3.	giant - an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant"enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"
	4.	giant - a very large person; impressive in size or qualitieshulk, whale, heavyweightlarge person - a person of greater than average size
	5.	giant - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerfulbehemoth, colossus, goliath, monsterunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
	6.	giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy talesimaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fictionArgus - (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by HermesCyclops - (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their foreheadgiantess - a female giantogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beingsJotun, Jotunn - (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the AesirMimir - (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom
	7.	giant - a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)giant starstar - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
Adj.	1.	giant - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"elephantine, gargantuan, jumbobig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

giant

adjective1. huge, great, large, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a giant oak table a giant step towards unification
huge tiny, miniature, dwarf, Lilliputian, pygmy or pigmynoun1. ogre, monster, titan, colossus, leviathan, behemoth a Nordic saga of giants and monsters

giant

nounOne that is extraordinarily large and powerful:behemoth, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, titan.Slang: whopper.adjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.

Translations

巨人巨大的庞大的伟人大汉

giant

(ˈdʒaiənt) – feminine ˈgiantess – noun1. (in fairy stories etc) a huge person. Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk. 巨人 巨人2. a person of unusually great height and size. 身材高大魁梧的人 大汉3. a person of very great ability or importance. Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science. 巨匠，卓越人物 伟人，天才 adjective of unusually great height or size. a giant cod; a giant fern. 巨大的 巨大的

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