giant
n. 巨人; 巨獸; 大公司; 偉人
adj. 巨大的; 偉大的
Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind.
...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.
義大利汽車生產巨頭菲亞特公司
...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.
日本電子業巨頭索尼公司
...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.
德國工業巨頭之一,戴姆勒—賓士公司
A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories.
...a Nordic saga of giants.
北歐的巨人傳奇
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...
他有超凡的個人魅力,是個偉人。
The biggest man in the patrol, a giant of a man, lifted Mattie on to his shoulders.
巡邏隊中塊頭最大的那個彪形大漢將瑪蒂舉起來放到自己的肩上。
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...
歌劇界巨擘盧恰諾·帕瓦羅蒂
He was without question one of the giants of Japanese literature.
毋庸置疑,他是日本的文學巨匠之一。
1. any creature of exceptional size
2. a person of exceptional importance and reputation
3. an unusually large enterprise;
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)
1. of great mass; huge and bulky;
huge, enormous, immense, giant, gigantic, colossal, vast, massive, tremendous
這些形容詞均有"巨大的,龐大的"之意。
Shakespeare is a giant among writers.
莎士比亞是作家中的巨擘.
The lofty pagoda stands like a giant at the top of the mountain.
巍巍寶塔屹立在山巔.
He doesn't want his firm to be swallowed up by a transnational giant.
他不想自己的公司被一家大型的跨國公司吞併.
Once upon a time there was a giant with two heads.
從前有個兩頭巨人.
The giant packet gives you more for less money!
特大的包裝使你用便宜的價錢買到超值的分量!