| 单词 | giant |
| 释义 | giant (once / 120 pages) nadj A giant is someone that's unusually enormous. You can also use the word giant to describe something or someone that is really big. That giant green guy over there? That's the jolly green giant. Ho ho ho. A star basketball player might be described as a giant, or a stunningly tall redwood tree, or even a very large business. These giants come from the giants of mythology, huge creatures that are featured in fairy and folk tales and inspired by the giants of Greek myth, who were a separate race of strong, aggressive gods. The Greek root is Gigas, with the plural form Gigantes. WORD FAMILYgiant: giantism, giantly, giants, supergiant+/supergiant: supergiants USAGE EXAMPLESThey fought with jabs from a kid quarterback, roundhouses from acrobatic receivers and knockdowns by giant linemen. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Giants at Packers: Perhaps the two most formidable challengers to the Cowboys in the NFC meet in the opening round. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) So as soon as that throw landed in the arms of Giants defensive back Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, the decision-making process began. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n any creature of exceptional size Hyper animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 2n a very large person; impressive in size or qualities Syn|Hyper heavyweight, hulk, whale large person a person of greater than average size 3n someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful Syn|Hyper behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster anomaly, unusual person a person who is unusual 4n an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales Hypo|Hyper Argus (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes Cyclops(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead giantessa female giant ogre(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings Jotun, Jotunn(Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir Mimir(Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom ogress(folklore) a female ogre imaginary being, imaginary creature a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction 5n a person of exceptional importance and reputation Syn|Hyper behemoth, colossus, heavyweight, titan important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events 6n an unusually large enterprise Walton built a retail giant Hyper enterprise an organization created for business ventures 7n a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) Syn|Exp|Hyper giant star Arcturus the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth Capellathe brightest star in Auriga star (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior 8adj of great mass; huge and bulky Syn elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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