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giant

(dʒaɪənt )

Word forms: giants

1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1

Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind.

...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.

...a giant oak table.

...a giant step towards unification with the introduction of monetary union.

Synonyms: huge, great, large, vast

2. countable noun [usually noun NOUN]

Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country. [journalism]

...Japanese electronics giant Sony.

...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.

3. countable noun

A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories.

...a Nordic saga of giants.

Synonyms: ogre, monster, titan, colossus

4. countable noun [usu a N of n]

You can refer to someone 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.

The biggest man in the patrol, a giant of a man, lifted Mattie on to his shoulders.

5. countable noun

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.

...Pete Seeger, the giant of American folk music

He was without question one of the giants of Japanese literature.

Collocations:

fast-food giant

The American fast-food giant said that its priority was to take care of its workers.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

The fast-food giant plans 20 new stores and will extend opening hours at existing outlets.

The Sun (2009)

The fast-food giant has a long way to go on the packaging front.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

giant computer

As computer technologies were also centralised in a mainframe, defence systems worked from one giant computer deep in the mountains.

Times, Sunday Times

The latter effectively places the 13 dancers inside what feels like a giant computer, their performance existing side-by-side with digitally-generated outlines of dancers in motion.

Times, Sunday Times

It's a test rig based on a hexapod with six computercontrolled actuators, and it's like sitting in a giant computer games console in front of three huge screens.

The Sun

One character even suggests the city may have been created by a giant computer, and that they are all just 'little simulated beingswho sincerely believe they're truly alive'.

Times, Sunday Times

There are no physical robots in this league but spectators can watch the action on a large screen, which looks like a giant computer game.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

giant hole

Giant hole in the middle of the sun, nothing to worry about.

The Sun

It remained a giant hole in the ground.

Times, Sunday Times

The only reminder of the incident was the protective vest with its giant hole and rattling bits of shrapnel.

Times, Sunday Times

In the interim, you had put your life on hold and were living in misery in two rooms in a dusty house with a giant hole in the floor.

Times, Sunday Times

In the building, there are four guards and a giant hole in the center.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

giant leap

Two small letters, one giant leap for womankind.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Now tools are emerging that take a giant leap forward.

Computing (2010)

Green machines took another giant leap this week... with the first solar powered car factory.

The Sun (2011)

Healthy first steps, perhaps, but not quite the giant leap into a clean and uncluttered future.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

giant pile of

Plus a giant pile of the crunchiest chips ever.

Times, Sunday Times

A giant pile of hay.

The Sun

She was found after more than 400 hours trapped in the darkness in a gap between a beam and a column - and beneath a giant pile of debris.

Times, Sunday Times

For 20 years, a giant pile of dirt stood in the north end zone.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

They had to search a giant pile of tomatoes and find one with a clue inside.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

giant robot

A giant robot Minotaur straddled the train platform, raising and lowering a golden double-bladed ax.

Greg Bear VITALS (2002)

Remember the giant robot that transformed into the C4?

The Sun (2008)

The staging included a giant robot which moved through the stadiums they played.

The Sun (2014)

A giant robot that walks like a human and can go into hazardous situations has taken its first steps.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

giant screen

True, he caps it with one of the mightiest jokes of the night, as he beams his goggly bedroom eyes on to a giant screen.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

He received rapturous applause as his image was flashed up on the giant screen.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Minutes after the game ended, fans began to throw beer bottles at a giant screen set up in the city centre.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

An infrared camera films the bats without disturbing them and the public can watch on a giant screen from May to October.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

All of that's up there, being played back in public on the giant screen.

Christianity Today (2000)

giant stride

He will be determined to take another giant stride himself along a path being trodden by the country's golfing heavyweights.

The Sun

Just when you think there's been a giant stride forward, there are two backwards.

The Sun

The opportunity went begging and with it went the last chance for either nation to take a giant stride towards qualification for the next round.

The Sun

In their long rehabilitation from the blood sub scandal of 2009, this was another giant stride.

Times, Sunday Times

This would be a giant stride in that direction.

The Sun

global giant

It has since bloomed into a global giant, with 62 per cent of sales coming from overseas.

The Sun

Bet365 has become a global giant, attracting 18 million gamblers worldwide with profits soaring by 92 per cent to 410.2 million last year.

Times, Sunday Times

Yesterday's deal creates a global giant running 11,000 stores, employing 365,000 staff and handling a billion prescriptions a year.

The Sun

Since moving into electronics, fashion, food, cloud computing and drones, it has become a global giant valued at $887 billion.

Times, Sunday Times

He inspired, drove and transformed it into a global giant.

Times, Sunday Times

industrial giant

Instead, its journey to becoming a diversified industrial giant will, for the time being, be one of slow but steady growth.

Times, Sunday Times

Shares in the industrial giant fell 17 per cent to ¤66.55.

Times, Sunday Times

Here, their hymns were an elegy for another fallen industrial giant.

Times, Sunday Times

However, experts said that the confession by insiders that the project was now a 'long-term' concern would come as a blow to the former industrial giant.

Times, Sunday Times

A total of $3.6-billion of debt securities at the industrial giant are affected.

Globe and Mail

oil giant

The oil giant fell from favour after becoming a focal point for fears about climate change.

Times,Sunday Times

The oil giant spent $15 billion on new projects and plans to raise that to $19 billion this year.

Times, Sunday Times

Has the oil giant permanently shaken off the concerns about its reserves which led to a management reshuffle?

Times, Sunday Times

Shell, the oil giant that owned half of the apartments, used some of these homes as accommodation for its executives.

Times, Sunday Times

The oil giant will close its scheme to new recruits in two years.

The Sun

pharmaceutical giant

The pharmaceutical giant has secured contracts for at least 400million doses.

The Sun

The pharmaceutical giant predicts earnings to fall this year.

The Sun

It began to target universities, pharmaceutical giants, governments and think-tanks working on vaccines and treatments.

The Sun

This reporting season has seen decidedly mixed results for the world's pharmaceutical giants.

Times, Sunday Times

You only have to look at the power of the pharmaceutical giants to see how governments can be manipulated.

The Sun

retail giant

The retail giant said demand for luxury food and new stores meant recruitment was up 25 per cent on last year.

The Sun

The milestone follows a long decline for the one-time electronics retail giant.

Time Magazine

They all have families and have all shopped at the ubiquitous retail giant at least once in the past month.

Times, Sunday Times

The remuneration committee at the high-street retail giant will meet in the next few weeks to finalise his payment, equivalent to one year's salary.

Times, Sunday Times

The tech and retail giant said revenues hit £60billion in the first three months of the year - more than £26million an hour or £7,200 a second.

The Sun

social media giant

The social media giant has never made a profit.

The Sun

The social media giant said that it hoped it would be able to introduce the full set of tools in the future.

Times,Sunday Times

Her debut on the social media giant was a lesson in how to do it.

The Sun

The social media giant said pictures may 'shock' users.

The Sun

Announcing its plans, the social media giant said its service would benefit 1.7 billion people who don't have access to a bank account, while also making international payments seamless.

Times, Sunday Times

software giant

The US software giant is poised to announce a mass culling this week.

The Sun (2014)

People close to the case said that the regulatory push was attempting to change the software giant 's behaviour rather than simply impose fines on it.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

The software giant is also increasing its dividend payout to shareholders by 22 per cent.

The Sun (2013)

The fifth richest man in the world will instead become chairman and chief technology officer of the software giant.

The Sun (2014)

tech giant

The tech giant will trawl anonymous confidential data to spot people at risk of kidney disease, blood poisoning and organ failure.

The Sun (2016)

The tech giant had come under attack for one reason.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

The under-fire tech giant joined a growing sea of voices slamming the current system of corporation tax.

The Sun (2016)

The tech giant has continually denied that the system has been hit by hackers.

The Sun (2011)

telecoms giant

The telecoms giant also announced a bumper dividend up 27 per cent to 15.1p per share.

The Sun

The telecoms giant said yesterday that almost half would be paid this summer.

The Sun

The telecoms giant has much riding on its television strategy.

Times, Sunday Times

The telecoms giant has a 6.4bn shortfall in its retirement scheme - the largest in the private sector.

Times, Sunday Times

The telecoms giant left the personal details of 900,000 customers accessible for ten months.

The Sun

Translations:

Chinese: 庞大的, 巨人

Japanese: 巨大な, 巨人

单词	giant
释义	giant (dʒaɪənt ) Word forms: giants 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind. ...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat. ...a giant oak table. ...a giant step towards unification with the introduction of monetary union. Synonyms: huge, great, large, vast 2. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country. [journalism] ...Japanese electronics giant Sony. ...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz. 3. countable noun A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories. ...a Nordic saga of giants. Synonyms: ogre, monster, titan, colossus 4. countable noun [usu a N of n] You can refer to someone 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. The biggest man in the patrol, a giant of a man, lifted Mattie on to his shoulders. 5. countable noun 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. ...Pete Seeger, the giant of American folk music He was without question one of the giants of Japanese literature. Collocations: fast-food giant The American fast-food giant said that its priority was to take care of its workers. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The fast-food giant plans 20 new stores and will extend opening hours at existing outlets. The Sun (2009) The fast-food giant has a long way to go on the packaging front. Times, Sunday Times (2007) giant computer As computer technologies were also centralised in a mainframe, defence systems worked from one giant computer deep in the mountains. Times, Sunday Times The latter effectively places the 13 dancers inside what feels like a giant computer, their performance existing side-by-side with digitally-generated outlines of dancers in motion. Times, Sunday Times It's a test rig based on a hexapod with six computercontrolled actuators, and it's like sitting in a giant computer games console in front of three huge screens. The Sun One character even suggests the city may have been created by a giant computer, and that they are all just 'little simulated beingswho sincerely believe they're truly alive'. Times, Sunday Times There are no physical robots in this league but spectators can watch the action on a large screen, which looks like a giant computer game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 giant hole Giant hole in the middle of the sun, nothing to worry about. The Sun It remained a giant hole in the ground. Times, Sunday Times The only reminder of the incident was the protective vest with its giant hole and rattling bits of shrapnel. Times, Sunday Times In the interim, you had put your life on hold and were living in misery in two rooms in a dusty house with a giant hole in the floor. Times, Sunday Times In the building, there are four guards and a giant hole in the center. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 giant leap Two small letters, one giant leap for womankind. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Now tools are emerging that take a giant leap forward. Computing (2010) Green machines took another giant leap this week... with the first solar powered car factory. The Sun (2011) Healthy first steps, perhaps, but not quite the giant leap into a clean and uncluttered future. Times, Sunday Times (2013) giant pile of Plus a giant pile of the crunchiest chips ever. Times, Sunday Times A giant pile of hay. The Sun She was found after more than 400 hours trapped in the darkness in a gap between a beam and a column - and beneath a giant pile of debris. Times, Sunday Times For 20 years, a giant pile of dirt stood in the north end zone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had to search a giant pile of tomatoes and find one with a clue inside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 giant robot A giant robot Minotaur straddled the train platform, raising and lowering a golden double-bladed ax. Greg Bear VITALS (2002) Remember the giant robot that transformed into the C4? The Sun (2008) The staging included a giant robot which moved through the stadiums they played. The Sun (2014) A giant robot that walks like a human and can go into hazardous situations has taken its first steps. Times, Sunday Times (2016) giant screen True, he caps it with one of the mightiest jokes of the night, as he beams his goggly bedroom eyes on to a giant screen. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He received rapturous applause as his image was flashed up on the giant screen. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Minutes after the game ended, fans began to throw beer bottles at a giant screen set up in the city centre. Times, Sunday Times (2011) An infrared camera films the bats without disturbing them and the public can watch on a giant screen from May to October. Times, Sunday Times (2007) All of that's up there, being played back in public on the giant screen. Christianity Today (2000) giant stride He will be determined to take another giant stride himself along a path being trodden by the country's golfing heavyweights. The Sun Just when you think there's been a giant stride forward, there are two backwards. The Sun The opportunity went begging and with it went the last chance for either nation to take a giant stride towards qualification for the next round. The Sun In their long rehabilitation from the blood sub scandal of 2009, this was another giant stride. Times, Sunday Times This would be a giant stride in that direction. The Sun global giant It has since bloomed into a global giant, with 62 per cent of sales coming from overseas. The Sun Bet365 has become a global giant, attracting 18 million gamblers worldwide with profits soaring by 92 per cent to 410.2 million last year. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday's deal creates a global giant running 11,000 stores, employing 365,000 staff and handling a billion prescriptions a year. The Sun Since moving into electronics, fashion, food, cloud computing and drones, it has become a global giant valued at $887 billion. Times, Sunday Times He inspired, drove and transformed it into a global giant. Times, Sunday Times industrial giant Instead, its journey to becoming a diversified industrial giant will, for the time being, be one of slow but steady growth. Times, Sunday Times Shares in the industrial giant fell 17 per cent to ¤66.55. Times, Sunday Times Here, their hymns were an elegy for another fallen industrial giant. Times, Sunday Times However, experts said that the confession by insiders that the project was now a 'long-term' concern would come as a blow to the former industrial giant. Times, Sunday Times A total of $3.6-billion of debt securities at the industrial giant are affected. Globe and Mail oil giant The oil giant fell from favour after becoming a focal point for fears about climate change. Times,Sunday Times The oil giant spent $15 billion on new projects and plans to raise that to $19 billion this year. Times, Sunday Times Has the oil giant permanently shaken off the concerns about its reserves which led to a management reshuffle? Times, Sunday Times Shell, the oil giant that owned half of the apartments, used some of these homes as accommodation for its executives. Times, Sunday Times The oil giant will close its scheme to new recruits in two years. The Sun pharmaceutical giant The pharmaceutical giant has secured contracts for at least 400million doses. The Sun The pharmaceutical giant predicts earnings to fall this year. The Sun It began to target universities, pharmaceutical giants, governments and think-tanks working on vaccines and treatments. The Sun This reporting season has seen decidedly mixed results for the world's pharmaceutical giants. Times, Sunday Times You only have to look at the power of the pharmaceutical giants to see how governments can be manipulated. The Sun retail giant The retail giant said demand for luxury food and new stores meant recruitment was up 25 per cent on last year. The Sun The milestone follows a long decline for the one-time electronics retail giant. Time Magazine They all have families and have all shopped at the ubiquitous retail giant at least once in the past month. Times, Sunday Times The remuneration committee at the high-street retail giant will meet in the next few weeks to finalise his payment, equivalent to one year's salary. Times, Sunday Times The tech and retail giant said revenues hit £60billion in the first three months of the year - more than £26million an hour or £7,200 a second. The Sun social media giant The social media giant has never made a profit. The Sun The social media giant said that it hoped it would be able to introduce the full set of tools in the future. Times,Sunday Times Her debut on the social media giant was a lesson in how to do it. The Sun The social media giant said pictures may 'shock' users. The Sun Announcing its plans, the social media giant said its service would benefit 1.7 billion people who don't have access to a bank account, while also making international payments seamless. Times, Sunday Times software giant The US software giant is poised to announce a mass culling this week. The Sun (2014) People close to the case said that the regulatory push was attempting to change the software giant 's behaviour rather than simply impose fines on it. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The software giant is also increasing its dividend payout to shareholders by 22 per cent. The Sun (2013) The fifth richest man in the world will instead become chairman and chief technology officer of the software giant. The Sun (2014) tech giant The tech giant will trawl anonymous confidential data to spot people at risk of kidney disease, blood poisoning and organ failure. The Sun (2016) The tech giant had come under attack for one reason. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The under-fire tech giant joined a growing sea of voices slamming the current system of corporation tax. The Sun (2016) The tech giant has continually denied that the system has been hit by hackers. The Sun (2011) telecoms giant The telecoms giant also announced a bumper dividend up 27 per cent to 15.1p per share. The Sun The telecoms giant said yesterday that almost half would be paid this summer. The Sun The telecoms giant has much riding on its television strategy. Times, Sunday Times The telecoms giant has a 6.4bn shortfall in its retirement scheme - the largest in the private sector. Times, Sunday Times The telecoms giant left the personal details of 900,000 customers accessible for ten months. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 庞大的, 巨人 Japanese: 巨大な, 巨人
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