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单词 giant
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giant

adjective
 
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
[only before noun]
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  1. very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are
    • The match was shown on a giant screen outside the town hall.
    • That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
    • a giant step towards achieving independence
    • a giant squid
    • a giant-size box of tissues
    Extra Examples
    • Giant clams may grow to be a metre long.
    • The market is controlled by giant corporations which function as monopolies.

giant

noun
 
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
/ˈdʒaɪənt/
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  1.  
    (in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid
    • tales of giants and ogres
    see also giantess
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • a gentle giant
    • a giant of a man
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  2.  
    a person or thing that is unusually large
    • He's a giant of a man.
    • He is described as a gentle giant.
    Extra Examples
    • Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
    • The Amazon is a giant among rivers.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • a gentle giant
    • a giant of a man
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  3.  
    a very large and powerful organization
    • These are boom times for the software giant.
    • the multinational oil giants
    • The company is now one of the giants of the computer industry.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • corporate
    • multinational
    • industrial
    preposition
    • giant among
    • giant of
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  4. a person who is very good at something
    • Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.
  5. see also gas giant, red giant
    Word OriginMiddle English geant (with the first syllable later influenced by Latin gigant-), from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant-.
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