organization 大公司；强大的组织：the muitinaticmai od
giants 跨国本石油公司..4 a person who is
very good at sth伟人；卓越乂物：Ziterary giants大文豪
•
adj. [only before noun] very large; much
larger or more important than similar things usually are 巨大的；特大
的；伟太的 ^ a
giant crab 巨蟹◊ a gia/it-size box 〇/ tissues —〇 a giant step toward^ achieving independence朝着独立迈出的巨大的一步
giant-ess /,d3ai9n'tes/
noun (in stories) a female
giant (故事中的）女巨人
giant-ism /'dsaiantizam/ noun [U] = gigantism ’giant-killer nown (8/*£)
(especially in sports 尤用于体育
运动)a
person or team that defeats another much stronger opponent打败强大对手的人（或队 强手
(或强队）的克星
.giant
'pand^ noun - panda(I)
.giant
'slalom noun a slalom skiing competition over a long
distance, with wide fast turns 大回_滑雪赛；■大
> 曲道滑雪赛
gib-ber /'d3ib9(r)/
verb to speak quickly in a
way that is difficult to understand, often because ■ of fear (常因害 怕而）急促不清地说，语无伦次地说：MHecoweredh the comer,
gibbering with terror•他捲输在角落,旱，.昨得 语无伦次。.◊办 rime I was a gibbering wrecfc.到这 时我已是话也说不清的废人了。[also V speech] gib-ber>ish
/'d3ib0rij/ noun [U] {informal) words that have no meaning or are impossible to
understand 莫_名 其妙的话；胡话；令人费解的话BBG1 nonsense: Ybu were taifcfng gibberish in your sZeep.你在睡梦里讲着
♦吃语。
gib-bet /'djibit/ noun (old-fashioned) a vertical wooden
structure on which criminals used to be hanged』绞刑 架；绞台 330 gallows
gib-bon /'giban/
noun a small ape (= an animal like a large monkey without a tail) with long
arms, that lives in SE Asia长臂猿（栖息于东南亚,), gib.bous /_gib9s/ 滅■术谭)(of the moon 月球) with
the bright part bigger than a semicircle
and smaller than a circle光亮部大无孝圆的；盈凸的
gibe = jibe
gib-lets
/'d3iblats/ noun [pi.] the inside parts
of a chicken or other bird, including the heart and liver, that are usually removed before it is cooked (禽类的）内脏 giddy /'gidi/ adj. (gid-dier, gid-di-est) 1 [not usually before noun] feeling that
everything is moving and that you are going to fall 头晕；眩晕 dizzy ： When I
kjofceti down 介om the top^/Ioor，//eitgfddy.我从顶楼朝 下看时感到头晕目眩。2 [not usually before noun] ~ (with sth) so happy
and excited that you cannot behave normally ( 兴或激动得）发狂，举止反常：S/ie was giddy w油happiness•她高兴得忘乎:所以。3 [usually
before noun] making
you feel as if you were about to fall 令人眩晕的；使人头昏眼花的：rhe fcfds were pushing the
rou/idabout at a giddy speed.孩子们推动着M转平台 快得令人眩晕。◊ the giddy
heights 〇/ success
令乂 自眩品巨大成功 4
(old-fashioned) (of people A) not
serious轻率的；轻浮的；不稳重的H7?1 silly： Isabels &ddy young sister 伊莎贝尔轻浮的小妹► gitTdMy y^gidili/ adv. ： She swayed giddily across the dancefloor.
地飘过舞池，# 得人眼 i。g丨d.cH.ness/'gidinas//7〇w/7 [U]： Symptoms fndude nausea and giddiness.症权有恶 心和头晕。
.giddy-'up
exclamation used as a command to a
horse to make it go faster (赶马的吆喝 >
驾 GIFM /gif/ noun {computing if) a type of computer
file that contains images and is used a lot on the Internet (abbreviation for
‘Graphic Interchange Format’）* GIF 文件，图形交换格式文件（全写为Graphic Interchaiige Format ) ： Send it a Gff••把它以 GIF
文件发送。 gift /gift/ noun, verb
•
noun 1 a thing that you give to sb, especially on a
special occasion or to say thank you 札物；赠品 HE]
present ： The watch was a gift from my
mother,
表是母亲给我的礼物。◊ Thcmfc you /or
your generous g诉.感谢你丰厚的礼物。◊ a/iree every reade;•给
每位读#的赠品◊ the g诉Zi/e生命的给予◊ (/bmjfl/) The family made a gift of his
paintings to the gallery. ^
857 gigantism
人把他的画作赠送给了美术馆。ogi办〇/toys/or t心 chiWren送给孩子们的玩具礼物2 ~ (for sth/for doing
sth) a natural ability 天賦；天才；才能 talent： She has a great _ /or music•她极有音乐天賦。◊ ffe has the 容拆 〇/making_/irie/ids
easiZy.也天生善交朋友 She can pick up a tune
instantly on the piano. It's a gift. 她听到曲子就能马上用钢琴弹出来，这是天分。3 [usually sing.] {informal)
a thing that is very easy to do or cheap to buy 而易举的事；极便宜的东西：Their second goal was
an absolute gift.他们第二个进球简直不费吹灰之力。
◊
At £500的a掀.只卖500英镑，真便宜。EH the gift of the
'gab (8/-£) [US
a
gift for/of 'gab)
{informal, sometimes disapproving) the ability to speak
easily and to persuade, other people with your words 口才；辩才 look a gift horse in
the 'mouth (usually with negatives 通常与否定词连用）（/n/ormfl/) to refuse or criticize sth
that is given to you for nothing 拒受馈赠； 白.送
的马还看牙口；对礼物吹毛求疵一 more
at god ■ verb (8r£) (used especially in journalism
尤用于新闻报
31)
to give sth to sb without their having to make any effort to get it 白送；'—给[VNN] They gifted their o即orients a goaL他们白送给对方一分。6 [VN] They g^ed a goa〖 to their opponents•他们白送给对方一.分。
'^ifl certificate noun [
'gift shop noun a shop/store tliat
sells goods that are suitable for giving as presents 彳 L
品店.
'gift token (also 'gift voucher) (both Br€) [NAmE 'gift certificate) noun a piece of paper that is worth a
particular amount of money and that can be exchanged for goods in a shop/store
'gift
wrap noun
[U]
attractive coloured or patterned paper used for wrapping presents in 礼品包装金 'gift-wrap verb (-pp-) [VN] {often passive] to wrap sth as a
present tor sb, especially in a shop/store (.尤指商:店 里■)将….包装成..乾品.：Would you like the
chocolates rapped?你会把為克力糖打成礼品包吗？ ◊
TTie store a gi；/it-wrapping service.这家商店提供礼品包装
♦服务。
gig l9l9l 1 a performance by
musicians playing
pop music or jazz in front of an
audience; a similar performance by a comedian (流行音乐或爵士乐）现场
演奏会，现场演唱会；现场喜剧表演：to do a gig举行流 .行音乐演唱会◊ a White
Stripes gig白条纹乐队演奏会
2 {NAmE,
informal) a job, especially a
temporary one (尤指丨治时的）工作：a gig as a basfcetbaH
coach临 时篮球被备 3 ■= gigabyte 4 a small light
carriage with two wheels,
pulled by one horse 单马双
g轻便马f.
giga- /'giga-;
'd3ig9-/ combining
form (in nouns; used in
units of measurement构成名_，用于计量单齡1 〇9 or 23°吉（咖）;千兆；十彳乙：容如1/16打2千也赫
giga-byte /'gigabait/ (also informal gig) noun {abbr. Gb) [computing if) a unit of computer
memory, equal to 230 (or about a billion) bytes十亿字节.；吉秦.节；...千兆字
节；十亿位元组 _
giga-flop /'gigaflDp;
'd3-; NAmE -flaip/ noun (computing 计）a unit for measuring a
computer’s speed，equal to approximately one billion operations per
second {'计算 ja速度单位）十亿次浮点运算每秒
giga-hertz /'gig0h3：ts; 'd3i-;
NAmE -h3：rts/ noun {pi. giga- hertz) GHz) (cowpt^/ng 计，p/iys/cs 物）a unit for
measuring radio waves and the
speed at which a computer operates; 1 000 000 〇〇〇 hertz (..无线电波频 ，和计-机运作速度单位）,.千兆赫，吉赫，十亿赫
gi.gan.tic /d^ai’gaentik/
extremely large 巨大的；庞
大的 ENORMOUS. HUGE
gi-gant-ism /dsai'gaentizam;
'dsaigasritizam/ (also giant- ism /.d3aiantiZ9m/) [U] 医）a condition in
which sb grows to an
unusuaily large size 巨人症