giant

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

giantsgiaunt

1.
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
2.
(mythology, fantasy) Specifically:
3.
A very tall and large person.
4.
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
5.
(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
Đồng nghĩa: giant star
6.
(computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
7.
A very large organization.
The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
8.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
9.
(gymnastics) A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

giaunt

1.
(not comparable)Very large.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

giant star

Trái nghĩa

dwarf midget

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern géant) from *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (giant). Cognate to giga- (1,000,000,000). Largely Displaced native ent giant, eoten, and þyrs giant or ogre. Compare ent (giant tree-man), ettin (giant or troll) and thurse (giant).