Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3790
giant
巨人
a mythical creature that looks like a very large human
- 1.
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
神话中体型巨大的人或类人生物
- 2.
A player for the San Francisco Giants.
旧金山巨人队的球员。
- 3.
any creature of exceptional size
体型异常庞大的生物
- 4.
Specifically:
具体而言:
- 5.
A player for the New York Giants.
纽约巨人队的球员。
- 6.
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
具有非凡重要性和声望的人
- 7.
A very tall and large person.
身材高大的人
- 8.
an unusually large enterprise
异常庞大的企业
- 9.
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
某种动物或植物中的高大物种
- 10.
A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
比同温度主序星亮得多的恒星
- 11.
An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
超过介质最大数据包大小(1518字节)的以太网数据包
- 12.
A very large organization.
庞大的组织
- 13.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
体力或智力超群的人
- 14.
A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
身体完全伸展绕轴旋转一周的动作
大高个；大块头；伟人；巨擘；巨头；大型企业；巨型生物；庞然大物；巨人队球员
In use
The fairy tale tells of a brave knight who fought a giant.
Marie Curie was a giant in the field of science.
The retail giant opened hundreds of new stores this year.
Walton built a retail giant
Connections
Collocations
- a giant of industry
- 工业巨头
- He became a giant of industry after founding his own company.他在创立自己的公司后成为了工业巨头。
- a sleeping giant
- 沉睡的巨人（指潜力巨大但尚未发挥的人或事物）
- The country is often called a sleeping giant in the global economy.这个国家常被称为全球经济中沉睡的巨人。
- a gentle giant
- 温和的巨人（形容高大而和善的人）
- Everyone in the village loved the gentle giant who helped with the harvest.村里每个人都喜欢那个帮忙收割的温和巨人。
- a giant among men
- 人中豪杰
- In his field, he was regarded as a giant among men.在他的领域里，他被视为人中豪杰。
- an economic giant
- 经济巨头
- China has become an economic giant in recent decades.近几十年来，中国已成为经济巨头。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：giant 结尾是 ant（蚂蚁），想象一只大如巨人的蚂蚁，就记住 giant 是巨人。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：fairy tales and mythology、business and news reports、everyday conversation 该词在不同场合语域不同：指神话或童话中的巨人时为中性；指特别高或大的人时多用于口语；指企业或杰出人物时常见于新闻和较正式的表达。日常指人时比较常见于非正式交流。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为giants。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ 押韵且尾音为 /aɪənt/ 的词包括 client、defiant、pliant、compliant；其中后三个还共享拼写结尾 iant。注意 gigantic 虽以 gi- 开头，但发音是 /dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/，与 giant 不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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