English Dictionary

giant

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/

noun

A mythical human of very great size. / Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology. / A jotun. / A very tall and large person. / A tall species of a particular animal or plant.

The giant towered over the tiny village.

意味（1）

A mythical human of very great size.

意味（2）

Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

意味（3）

A jotun.

意味（4）

A very tall and large person.

It's barbarous, Norsus. It's Rome, said the giant flatly.

意味（5）

A tall species of a particular animal or plant.

意味（6）

(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).

意味（7）

(computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.

意味（8）

A very large organisation.

The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.

意味（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[…].

意味（10）

(gymnastics) A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.