giants
n. <希神>一个巨人种族(常与天上诸神作战并取胜,后来雅典娜和宙斯在海格立斯帮助下才将他们战败); (故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的)巨人( giant的名词复数 ); 伟人; 巨兽
Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind.
...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
Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.
...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 giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories.
...a Nordic saga of giants.
北欧的巨人传奇
You can refer to someone, especially a man, as a giant, if they seem important or powerful or if they are big and strong.
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。
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.
...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。
Personally, I could care less whether the Giants come or not.
就我个人来说,我根本就不在乎巨人队来还是不来。
He was traded from the Giants to the Yankees.
他从巨人队转会到扬基队。
They beat the Giants by a score of 7 to 3.
他们以7比3的比分击败了巨人队。
These endangered gentle giants are highly social animals.
这些濒临灭绝的、性情温顺的大型动物属于高度群居的动物。
Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.
加缪被视为20世纪的文学巨匠之一.