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giant ['dʒaɪənt]
n. 巨人, 大力士, 巨大怪物
a. 庞大的, 巨大的
[医] 巨人, 巨生物
- Shakespeare is a giant among writers.
莎士比亚是作家中的大文豪。 - The hero smote the giant with his sword.
英雄用剑猛劈巨人。 - Ba jin is a literary giant.
巴金是一位文坛巨匠。
giant
[ noun ]
- any creature of exceptional size
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- an unusually large enterprise
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
- a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
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Walton built a retail giant
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- of great mass; huge and bulky
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a jumbo jet
jumbo shrimp
Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant,
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf. {Gigantic}.]
1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or
intellectual.
3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or
power.
{Giant's Causeway}, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in
the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
{Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}.
{Giant clam} (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus
{Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
{Giant heron} (Zo["o]l.), a very large African heron
({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
{Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}.
{Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}.
{Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
{Giant salamander} (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic
salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It
is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
{Giant squid} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very
large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied
genera. Some are over forty feet long.
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf. {Gigantic}.]
1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or
intellectual.
3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or
power.
{Giant's Causeway}, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in
the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
{Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}.
{Giant clam} (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus
{Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
{Giant heron} (Zo["o]l.), a very large African heron
({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
{Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}.
{Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}.
{Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
{Giant salamander} (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic
salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It
is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
{Giant squid} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very
large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied
genera. Some are over forty feet long.
- At Drexel he courted RJR Nabisco President F. Ross Johnson, whobegan the bidding war for the food and tobacco giant.
- Then, in effect, they'd split up the New York-based textile giant, forgoing a continuation of a costly bidding contest.
- The shipbuilding giant's union members walked out this week to protest the government's arrest of several union leaders.
- The delay from the original July announcement date contributed to a 30 percent drop in the computer giant's third-quarter earnings.
- The intrepid Maxwell finally succeeded on the third try, getting the venerable publishing and information services giant for $2.5 billion in early November.
- Today's giant publicly held corporations actively discourage the kind of autocratic boss Henry Ford became.
- The Texan has fought feverishly to retain special tax treatment for the oil industry, especially the independent companies not affiliated with the giant major firms.
- At the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, where an influx of asylum applicants was expected, giant tents were pitched to house detainees and dozens of typewriters were shipped to process applications.
- A heavy tax liability may prompt the sale of the late William S. Paley's 8 percent stake in the media giant CBS Inc., a published report said today.
- RJR Nabisco Inc. stock has surged after its directors prolonged a record auction for the food-and-tobacco giant, signaling their belief that even the fattest offer valued at $26.58 billion is too cheap.
- Thousands of people caught a long-awaited glimpse of two giant pandas that went on display at the Toledo Zoo over the objections of a conservation group that wants the endangered animals returned to China.
- In Chamonix, France, ice sculptors Christian Claudel and Francis Cuny carved a giant thermometer on the Mer de Glace glacier to protest global warming resulting from air pollution.
- Accompanying Chung, 74, honorary chairman of the giant Hyundai group, will be two executives specializing in civil engineering and plant construction.
- Hope faded Friday that a "hover-barge" could be used to break ice to rescue the giant mammals.
- In the fourth period, sales of the giant American Capital Government Securities Fund slowed after its dividend was trimmed.
- Burroughs made a hostile acquisition of Sperry, according to Burroughs Chairman W. Michael Blumenthal, because it believed a combination would create a much stronger competitor to industry giant International Business Machines Corp.
- The sale of part or all of the oil giant's 78% interest in Texaco Canada Ltd. is under serious consideration, sources say.
- Digital Equipment Corp. reported a $256.7 million fourth-quarter loss, the computer giant's first ever quarterly loss and a reflection of a voluntary severance program under which 3,000 employees left over the last 12 months.
- Seagram owns 24.3 per cent of Du Pont, the US-based chemicals giant, and most of the charge represents its share of Du Pont's medical benefits provision. Seagram warned shareholders in January of the non-cash charge.
- In 1987, Atlantic Richfield Co. sold part of Arco Chemical in a public offering, but the giant energy company still owns more than 80% of the chemical maker's stock.
- Tom Jr, was impressed by the giant machine with its 18,000 vacuum tubes, but hardly captivated.
- In early 1989, Maytag also bought Chicago Pacific Corp. and its Hoover Co. unit, the vacuum-cleaner giant with a bit part in major appliances.
- Mr. Lipper says his primary contribution to the movie and book was to convince the filmmakers that Wall Street isn't just a giant "casino," and that insider trading is an "aberration."
- Two years later I saw the film and watched this guy going across the floor looking like a giant egg-beater.
- More than 500 issues in this medium size range trade on Nasdaq, and they are the stocks institutions often begin to purchase after buying their quotas of the giant ones.
- The CEO of a giant electronics company, renowned for his outspoken impatience, became annoyed at a marketing presentation.
- If so, it would be natural for the oil giant to turn to J.P. Morgan.
- Then Seagram's, the giant Canadian distiller, got into the act, introducing Mount Royal Light, a Canadian whiskey that is 54 proof and has fewer calories.
- Miss Bande said that as giant waves battered the 2,855-ton Dona Marilyn on Monday, she and hundreds of others anxiously waited on deck as the crew frantically tried to pump water from the ship.
- A few giant investors who took a recent pounding in the junk-bond market are banding together to cry foul.
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giant aeroplane
giant air shower
giant arbor-vitae
giant arrowhead
giant axon
giant batch winder
giant bee
giant bipoiars
giant bipolars
giant bow compass
giant brain
giant branch
giant caterpillar truck
giant cell
giant cell arteritis
giant cell carcinoma ...
giant cell epulis
giant cell granuloma
giant cell granuloma ...
giant cell hepatitis
giant cell hyaline an...
giant cell inclusion ...
giant cell interstiti...
giant cell myeloma
giant cell myocarditis
giant cell sarcoma
giant cell thyroiditis
giant cell tumor
giant cell tumor of bone
giant cell tumor of c...
giant cell tumor of jaw
giant cell tumor of s...
giant cell tumor of t...
giant cells
giant cells of bone m...
giant centrosphere
giant chromosome
giant chromosomes
giant clam
giant coccid
giant colon
giant colony
giant computer
giant corporation
giant corpuscle
giant crane
giant crevasses on Eu...
giant dipole
giant diverticula
giant diverticulum
giant duodenun
giant edema
giant electric potential
giant elliptical galaxy
giant elliptical galxy
giant embryo
giant fibre
giant fibroadenoma
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