giant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
  2. Specifically:; Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
  3. Specifically:; An eoten or jotun.
    — The giants also had been outlawed along with Satan because they had fought against god.
  4. A very tall and large person.
    — "It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.
  5. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
  6. A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
  7. An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
  8. A very large organization.
    — The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
  9. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
    — But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].
  10. A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
形容词 adj.
  1. Very large. not-comparable
    — The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

词形变化

giants plural giaunt alternative,obsolete giaunt alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
bulk giant behemoth Brobdingnagian colossus ettin Goliath hulk hunk jumbo leviathan mammoth mastodon monster mountain thurse titan whale whopper
反义词
dwarf elf midget
衍生词
Aphrodite Giant bright giant Easter giant friendly giant frost giant gas giant gentle giant giantdom giantesque gianthood giantin giantish giantize giant kill giant-killer giantkiller giant-killing giantkind giantlike giantling giantlore giant maiden giantry Giant's Causeway Giants Creek giantship giant stride girus hypergiant ice giant Jersey Giant subgiant supergiant tech giant Trembling Giant
相关词
big

词源

词源 1
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent, eoten, and þyrs. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin ("a giant"), and thurse ("a giant").
词源 2
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent, eoten, and þyrs. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin ("a giant"), and thurse ("a giant").
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