giant

noun

1. （故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的）巨人
   (in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid
2. 巨人；巨兽；巨型植物
   an unusually large person, animal or plant
   1. He's a giant of a man.
      他是个巨人。
3. 大公司；强大的组织
   a very large and powerful organization
   1. the multinational oil giants
      跨国大石油公司
4. 伟人；卓越人物
   a person who is very good at sth
   1. literary giants
      大文豪

adj.

1. 巨大的；特大的；伟大的
   very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are
   1. a giant crab
      巨蟹
   2. a giant-size box of tissues
      特大一盒纸巾
   3. a giant step towards achieving independence
      朝着独立迈出的巨大的一步

1. 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.
   1. ...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.
      意大利汽车生产巨头菲亚特公司
   2. ...a giant oak table.
      巨大的橡木桌
   3. ...a giant step towards unification with the introduction of monetary union.
      实行货币联盟，向一体化迈出的一大步
2. N-COUNT 大公司；大企业；大国
   Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.
   1. ...Japanese electronics giant Sony.
      日本电子业巨头索尼公司
   2. ...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.
      德国工业巨头之一，戴姆勒—奔驰公司
3. 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.
   1. ...a Nordic saga of giants.
      北欧的巨人传奇
4. 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.
   1. He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man...
      他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
   2. 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。
5. 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.
   1. ...the giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti...
      歌剧界巨擘卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂
   2. 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。

1. David Jacobs was given the job of combining the data from these 19 studies into one giant study
   分给戴维·雅格布斯的任务是把这19项研究得出的数据加以综合，使之成为一项大型研究。
2. They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep.
   他们不得不忍受就在家门口的巨型炼油厂。
3. He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man
   他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
   其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
7. It was dark and a giant moon lit the road so brightly you could see the landscape clearly
   天黑了，一轮巨大的月亮把道路照得通明，周围的景物可以看得一清二楚。
8. It's a noisy place with film clips showing constantly on one of the cafe's giant screens
   这个咖啡馆很嘈杂，室内的一个大屏幕上不停地播放着电影片断。
9. All that stuff about catching giant fish was just a bit of poetic licence.
   有关捕捉大鱼的所有内容只是一点破格罢了。
10. The event will be relayed to a giant TV screen a mile away.
    这项赛事将会在一英里以外的一个巨大的电视屏幕上转播。
11. Overhead cranes were lifting giant sheets of steel
    高架起重机正吊起一块块巨大的钢板。
12. The trust, which has 2.3 million members, has been characterised as a sleeping giant of the environment movement.
    这个拥有230万名成员的信托基金会被描述为环保运动方面的一头睡狮。
13. Fewer than a thousand giant pandas still live in the wild.
    只有不到1,000只大熊猫仍然在野外生活。
14. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
    他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。
15. The Giant Stone Buddha at Leshan Mountain in Sichuan Province of China, carved in the Tang Dynasty ( 618 A.D.-907 A.D.), is 71 metres high, making it the largest statue of Buddha in the world.
    中国四川的乐山大佛是世界上最大的佛像雕刻。它高达71米，修建于唐代。
16. The Wanglang Preserve in western Sichuan is the haunt of the giant panda.
    川西的王朗自然保护区是大熊猫出没的地方。
17. The lofty pagoda stands like a giant at the top of the mountain.
    巍巍宝塔屹立在山巅。
18. Newton was an intellectual giant.
    牛顿是一个智力巨人。
19. The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.
    高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。
20. The giant panda is one of the surviving ancient animals.
    大熊猫是一种残存的古动物。
21. These include giant cells associated with variola, herpes simplex and parainfluenza.
    这些包括有关天花、疱疹以及副流感的巨细胞。
22. Giant bulldozers are biting off big chunks from the hill.
    巨型推土机正把小山头一大口一大口地啃去。
23. Jackson was the giant of the basketball team.
    杰克逊是篮球队里的巨人。
24. In inches he was not a giant.
    论身材，他不是巨人。
25. Day and night the giant arms of the cranes move about, loading and unloading cargo.
    吊车的巨臂日夜移动，装货卸货。
26. Astronomers have suspected for more than a decade that supernova shock waves can act like giant particle accelerators.
    十多年以来，天文学家们一直在猜想，超新星激波可以充当巨型粒子加速器。
27. The giant panda is known as a national treasure of china.
    熊猫是中国的国宝。
28. Have you ever read the selfish giant?
    你读过《自私的巨人》这个故事吗？

  huge colossal enormous giant gigantic immense vast【导航词义：巨大的】

  huge adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕含义很广，指体积、数量、程度方面极大的，但通常不用于重量。

  colossal adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕通常指体积或总量极大的。

  enormous adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕指尺寸或数量巨大的。

  giant adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕只作定语，指比其他同类事物大的。

  gigantic adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕指规格、数量或程度巨大的，含超出常规或预想之意。

  immense adj. 巨大的，广大的，无限的

〔辨析〕指体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准的。

  vast adj. 巨大的，广阔的，浩瀚的

〔辨析〕多指空间、面积、范围巨大的。

noun

1. any creature of exceptional size

2. an unusually large enterprise
   1. Walton built a retail giant

3. a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

   Synonym:    giant star

4. an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength

5. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

   Synonym:    colossusbehemothheavyweighttitan

6. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

   Synonym:    goliathbehemothmonstercolossus

7. a very large person

   Synonym:    hulkheavyweightwhale

adj

1. of great mass
   1. a jumbo jet
   2. jumbo shrimp

   Synonym:    elephantinegargantuanjumbo