-
1 giant
1. nounRiese, der2. attributive adjectiveriesig; Riesen- (ugs.)* * *1. feminine - giantess; noun1) ((in fairy stories etc) a huge person: Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk.) der Riese, die Riesin2) (a person of unusually great height and size.) der Riese3) (a person of very great ability or importance: Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science.) das Genie2. adjective* * *gi·ant[ˈʤaɪənt]I. nsleeping \giant ( fig) schlafender Rieseindustrial \giants Industriegigantenshe took a \giant bite of my pizza sie nahm einen riesigen Biss von meiner Pizzato walk with \giant steps mit riesigen Schritten gehento make \giant strides große Fortschritte machen* * *['dZaɪənt]1. nRiese m; (= star also) Riesenstern m; (fig) (führende) Größe; (= company) Gigant mfootball giant — Fußballass nt, (führende) Größe im Fußball
insurance/publishing giant — Großversicherung f/-verlag m
the giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti — der Gigant der Oper, Luciano Pavarotti
2. adj(= huge) riesig, riesenhaft, Riesen-; hill enorm; (in animal names) Riesen-* * *giant [ˈdʒaıənt]A s1. MYTH Riese m2. Riese m, Koloss m3. riesiges Exemplar (Tier etc)4. MED an Gigantismus Leidende(r) m/f(m)5. fig Gigant m (Person, Sache, Organisation)6. ASTRON Riesenstern mgiant(-size) packet Riesenpackung f;giant star → A 6;a) Riesenschritt m (a. fig),b) Rundlauf m (Turngerät);giant wheel Riesenrad n* * *1. nounRiese, der2. attributive adjectiveriesig; Riesen- (ugs.)* * *adj.riesig adj. n.Gigant -en m.Riese -n m. -
2 giant
gi·ant [ʼʤaɪənt] nsleeping \giant ( fig) schlafender Rieseindustrial \giants Industriegiganteninv machine riesig;she took a \giant bite of my pizza sie nahm einen riesigen Biss von meiner Pizza;to walk with \giant steps mit riesigen Schritten gehen;to make \giant strides große Fortschritte machen
См. также в других словарях:
Giant Center — Das Giant Center in Hershey Daten Ort Vereinigte Staaten … Deutsch Wikipedia
Industrial district — was initially introduced as a term to describe an area where workers of a monolithic heavy industry (ship building, coal mining, steel, ceramics, etc) live within walking distance of their places of work. In England, such areas were usually… … Wikipedia
Industrial agriculture (animals) — Industrial animal agriculture is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, including cattle, poultry (in battery farms ) and fish. Most of the meat, dairy and eggs available in supermarkets are… … Wikipedia
giant — gi‧ant [ˈdʒaɪənt] noun [countable] ORGANIZATIONS a very large, successful company: • The world s soft drinks market is dominated by the US giants, Pepsi and Coke. • ICI, the chemicals giant, paid $193 million to buy an American explosives… … Financial and business terms
Industrial Painting — is defined by the [http://www.notbored.org/gallizio.html Manifesto of Industrial Painting: For a unitary applied art] , a text by Giuseppe Pinot Gallizio which was originally published in Notizie Arti Figurative No. 9 (1959). A French translation … Wikipedia
GIANT Center — Infobox Baseball Stadium stadium name = GIANT Center location = 950 West Hersheypark Drive Hershey, PA 17033 broke ground = November 8, 2000 opened = October 19, 2002 owner = Derry Township Industrial and Commercial Development Authority operator … Wikipedia
Industrial Review — ▪ 1994 Introduction The period since 1990 was proving a difficult time for the older industrialized economies, which had suffered from prolonged recession at home, and also for the previously centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe… … Universalium
industrial polymers, chemistry of — Introduction structure and composition of chemical compounds made up of long, chainlike molecules (molecule). What distinguishes polymers from other types of compounds is the extremely large size of the molecules. The size of a… … Universalium
Giant's Causeway — For other uses, see Giant s Causeway (disambiguation). Coordinates: 55°14′27″N 6°30′42″W / 55.24083°N 6.51167°W / 55.2 … Wikipedia
Industrial metal — For the commodity, see base metal. Industrial metal Stylistic origins Industrial music, industrial rock, noise, noise rock, thrash metal, heavy metal, electro industrial Cultural origins Late 1980s, United Kingdom, Germany, United States … Wikipedia
Industrial history of the People's Republic of China — Main articles: Economy and economic history of the People s Republic of China. China s industrial sector has shown great progress since 1949, but in the late 1980s it remained undeveloped in many respects. Although the country manufactured… … Wikipedia