[ADJ 形容词]巨大的；特大的；极其重要的 Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind.
[ADJ n]
...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.
意大利汽车生产巨头菲亚特公司
...a giant oak table.
巨大的橡木桌
...a giant step towards unification with the introduction of monetary union.
实行货币联盟，向一体化迈出的一大步
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]大公司；大企业；大国Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.
[usu n N]
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
...Japanese electronics giant Sony.
日本电子业巨头索尼公司
...one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.
德国工业巨头之一，戴姆勒—奔驰公司
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指古代传说中虚构的）巨人 A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories.
...a Nordic saga of giants.
北欧的巨人传奇
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]伟人；巨子；高大健壮的人 You can refer to someone, especially a man, as a giant, if they seem important or powerful or if they are big and strong.
[usu a N of n]
He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man...
他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]卓越人物；大师；才华超群的人 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.
[usu N of n]
...the giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti...
歌剧界巨擘卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂
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。
Oxford
giant★/ˈdʒaɪənt; NAmEˈdʒaɪənt/
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giantgiantsnoun★1★(in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid （故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的）巨人☞see also
giantess
2★an unusually large person, animal or plant 巨人；巨兽；巨型植物◆He's a giant of a man.他是个巨人。3a very large and powerful organization 大公司；强大的组织◆the multinational oil giants跨国大石油公司4a person who is very good at sth 伟人；卓越人物◆literary giants大文豪adjective★[only before noun ]very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are 巨大的；特大的；伟大的◆a giant crab巨蟹◆a giant-size box of tissues一盒特大纸巾◆a giant step towards achieving independence朝着独立迈出的巨大的一步giant/ˈdʒaɪənt; NAmEˈdʒaɪənt/
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giant1 adjective
giant2 noun
giantgi‧ant1 /ˈdʒaɪənt/ ●●●S3W2 adjective [only before noun]
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extremely big, and much bigger than other things of the same type: a giant electronics company a giant tortoise
giant1 adjective
giant2 noun
giantgiant2 ●●●W3 noun [countable]
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1an extremely tall strong man, who is often bad and cruel, in children’s stories2a very large successful company: the German chemicals giant, BASF► see thesaurus at
company
3a very big man, animal, or plant4someone who is very good at doing somethinggiant of Miles Davis, truly one of the giants of jazz
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