English Dictionary

leviathan

IPA（発音記号）

/ləˈvaɪ.ə.θən/

名詞

比喩的用法 語頭大文字 時々

(biblical, mythology) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.

日本語の意味

巨大な海洋の怪物 / 旧約聖書や神話に登場する、非常に強大かつ危険な海の生物

The fishermen told tales of a leviathan that dragged entire ships beneath the waves.

漁師たちは、波の下に船ごと引きずり込む巨大な海の怪物の話を語り合った。

意味（1）

(biblical, mythology) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.

Canſt thou draw out Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde which thou letteſt downe?

意味（2）

(figuratively) Something monstrously large or mighty in size, strength, wealth, etc.

When she had exhibited these leviathans of public announcement to the astonished child, she brought forth specimens of the lesser fry in the shape of hand-bills, some of which were couched in the form of parodies on popular melodies, […]

意味（3）

(political science, sometimes capitalized) The political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one as theorized by Thomas Hobbes.

The fact is that Hobbes is interested in neither, but concerned exclusively with the political structure itself, and he depicts the features of man according to the needs of the Leviathan.

leviathans （ plural ）