giant

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n. 巨人, 大力士, 巨大怪物 a. 庞大的, 巨大的

发音

US /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
其它 /ˈd͡ʒaɪnt/
CA /ˈd͡ʒʌɪ.ənt/
CA /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
其它 /ˈd͡ʒəɪ̯(ə)nt/

词形变化

giants 复数 giants

别名

giante gyant joyant giaunt

教材释义与例句

名词

巨人；伟人； 巨大的动物

形容词

巨大的；巨人般的

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.

    巨人

  2. 2.

    Specifically:

    Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  3. 3.

    Specifically:

    An eoten or jotun.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  4. 4.

    A very tall and large person.

  5. 5.

    A tall species of a particular animal or plant.

  6. 6.

    A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.

    巨星

    天文
  7. 7.

    An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.

    计算机 工程 数学
  8. 8.

    A very large organization.

    The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.

  9. 9.

    A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

  10. 10.

    A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.

    体育
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Very large.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

monster whale hulk titan goliath heavyweight colossus behemoth giant star

上位词 10

star animal beast creature enterprise brute anomaly fauna personage important person

下位词 7

ogre cyclops leviathan argus giantess jotun Jotunn
形容词

同义词 3

jumbo gargantuan elephantine

近义相关 2

big large

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”) Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent, eoten, and þyrs. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin ("a giant"), and thurse ("a giant").

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