giant

n.巨人，大汉；巨兽，巨物；卓越人物

adj.特大的，巨大的；伟大的

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

名词复数形式:giants

giant 巨人

来自希腊语gigas, 巨大，词源同gigabyte.

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？