Word · Frequency #23943
Goliaths
巨人；庞然大物
Goliaths is the plural of goliath.
A person or thing that is very large or powerful; a giant.
- 1.
Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
任何巨大的人或物；异常巨大或强大的某人或某物
- 2.
(Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot
(《旧约》中)被大卫用弹弓杀死的非利士巨人战士
- 3.
A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 27 liters, equivalent to 36 standard bottles.
一种非常大的香槟瓶,容量约为27升,相当于36个标准瓶。
- 4.
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
异常巨大而强大的人或物
歌利亚；特大香槟瓶（约27升）；任何巨大的人或物；异常巨大或强大的某人或某物；(《旧约》中)被大卫用弹弓杀死的非利士巨人战士；一种非常大的香槟瓶,容量约为27升,相当于36个标准瓶。
In use
The startup faced a Goliath of a competitor in the tech industry.
Though a Goliath, the company was brought down by a simple software bug.
In the debate, she was a Goliath of rhetoric, overpowering all opponents.
Goliath + verb
Goliath是专有名词，首字母大写。
Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior.
哥利亚是一位非利士巨人战士。
verb + Goliath
David slew Goliath with a slingshot.
大卫用投石器杀死了哥利亚。
Connections
Collocations
- David and Goliath
- 大卫与歌利亚；比喻弱者与强者的较量
- The small company's legal battle against the multinational is a David and Goliath story.这家小公司对抗跨国公司的法律战是一个以弱胜强的故事。
- a Goliath of the industry
- 行业巨头；某领域中的巨人
- In the 1990s, the company was a Goliath of the industry, but it failed to adapt.在20世纪90年代，这家公司是行业巨头，但未能适应变化。
- Goliath frog
- 巨蛙（世界上最大的蛙类）
- The Goliath frog can grow to be over 30 centimeters long.巨蛙可以长到30多厘米长。
- Goliath champagne bottle
- 巨瓶装香槟（容量约27升，相当于36个标准瓶）
- They celebrated the new year by opening a Goliath champagne bottle.他们开了一瓶巨瓶装香槟来庆祝新年。
Idioms & figurative uses
- David and Goliath
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Goliath音近“高力呀”，联想一个又高又有力的人，所以指巨人或庞然大物。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、business competition、sports commentary 作为普通名词使用时，通常用于比喻，指在规模、力量或影响力上远超一般的人或事物；多出现在新闻报道、商业或体育语境中，语气偏中性，略带修辞色彩。
Grammar Note
专有名词，通常不与冠词连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ath 结尾，但读音与 Goliath /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/ 不同：bath、path、math 读 /æθ/，oath、loath 读 /oʊθ/，wrath 读 /ræθ/。它们只是拼写相似，均不与 Goliath 押韵。注意 Goliath 中 -ia- 读 /aɪə/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.