giant用作名词的基本意思是“巨人,大力士”,可指童话故事中的巨人,也可指身材高大魁梧的人或巨物。引申还可指“杰出的人,卓越人物,大公司”。与其相对的阴性名词是giantess。

Have you read the story The Selfish Giant?你读过《自私的巨人》这个故事吗?
Jackson was the giant of the basketball team.杰克逊是篮球队里的巨人。
What a giant of a tree!多高大的树哇!
Shakespeare is a giant writer.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘。
His father was a giant in the field of ship building.他父亲是造船业的巨子。
She works in an oil giant.她在一家大石油公司工作。

用作定语
▲～+n.
The giant packet gives you more for less money!特大的包装使你用便宜的价钱买到超值的分量!
It is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect.年纪这样轻,智力又如此高的人可不多。

［同义词］ n. tall person
［反义词］ n. dwarf
［词源］＜中古英语geant(巨人)