organization A£^]; ‘MAW^BJ.R: the multinational oil giants ^ . 4 a person who is very good at
sth'flA; literary giants
m adj. [only before noun] very large; much
larger or more important than similar things usually are gAW; # A W ; ft A (Hi: a giant crab Eloa giant-size box of tissues # A — £f£ rf 0 a giant step towards achieving
independence —
giant-ess /,d3ai0n'tes/ noun (in stories) a
female giant
(i«AW)AgA
giant-ism /'d3aiantizam/
noun [U] = gigantism 'giant-killer noun (BrE) (especially in
sports AAiX^W is ifo) a person or team that
defeats another much stronger opponent fJJ&^&AXtAWA (
( &WA ) WSS
.giant
'panda noun = panda(I)
.giant
'slalom noun a slalom skiing competition over a long
distance, with wide fast turns A® ft?# ft A
■flat
mnm
gib ber /'d3iba(r)/
verb to speak quickly
in a way that is difficult to understand, often because of fear ( # 0 if ffiffl
) i&Affc&ifeif: [V] He cowered in
the comer, gibbering with terror. .Iffif#
in-AffeAo 0 By this time I was a gibbering wreck. £‘ij WIATo [also V speech]
gib-ber-ish /'d3ibarij/
noun [U] (informal) words that have no
meaning or are impossible to understand
Pk
%!> Wi#; $ i#; ^
A ^ B W i# ES2H nonsense : You
were talking gibberish in your sleep.
fee
gib-bet /'d3ibit/
noun (old-fashioned) a vertical wooden
structure on which criminals used to be hanged H23 GALLOWS
gib bon /’giban/ noun a small ape (= an animal like a large monkey without a tail) with long arms, that lives in
gib bous /'gibas/ tidy. (technical
Aipj (of
the moon fj $c) with the bright part
bigger than a semicircle and
smaller than a circle A A All W; SAW
gibe = jibe
gib-lets
/'d3iblats/ noun [pi.] the inside
parts of a chicken or other bird, including the heart and liver, that are usually removed before
it is cooked ( Is^W ) A IS giddy /'gidi/ adj. (gid-dier,
gid-di-est) 1 [not
usually before noun] feeling that everything is moving and that
you are going to fall A # ; B # dizzy : When I
looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
A# 1=1 0£o 2
[not usually before noun] ~ (with sth) so happy and excited
that you cannot behave normally ( )
A$E, AltS.A: She
was
giddy with happiness, lil.^ 3 [usually
before
noun] making
you feel as if you were about to fall 4“ Al£# W;
{£AAi^&&W: The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed, )i§$f X o'
ttiHEio o (figurative) the giddy heights of success
AX
0 B Wg AfiScA 4 (old-fashioned) (of people A) not serious $£$W; $£'?¥W; XUltW EEE1 silly: Isabel’s giddy young sister W'Hfc
►
gid-di-ly /'gidili/
adv.: She swayed giddily across the
dancefloor,
itfASlio gid-di-ness
/'gidinas/
noun [U]: Symptoms include nausea and
giddiness.
SAWS 'Ci'ffl A^0
.giddy-'up
exclamation used as a command to a
horse to make it go faster ( If^W^11! ) %
GIF™ /gif/ noun (computing if) a type of computer
file that contains images and is used a lot on the Internet (abbreviation for
‘Graphic Interchange Format’) * GIF * #, m M X & ® 5$ X # (
£n A Graphic Interchange
Format ) : Send it as a
GIF.
JEWIM GIF gift “t /gift/ noun, verb
unoun 1 a thing that you give
to sb, especially on a special occasion or to say thank you ; II dm ETi71 present: The watch was a gift from my mother. ^Ji-fifA*nfIcWfLt/o 0 Thank you for your generous gift, W* Lt/o
0 a free gift for every reader tfc
WII pa 0 the
gift of life XA W*nA 0 (formal) The family made a gift of
his paintings to the gallery. A
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AiEftkWifflff
IIj£*h THAtto o gifts of toys for the children j&
&
7,41 $ i£JI *L 429 2 ~ (for sth/for doing sth) a natural
ability A E; AT*; At& HTH talent: She has a great gift for music. M W XIS <, 0 He
has the gift of making friends easily. tilAXII3cS8£o O She can pick up a tune instantly
on the piano. It’s a gift.
&jiAW0 3 [usually sing.] (informal)
a
thing that is very easy to do or cheap to buy IfciiWWX®:
Their second
goal
was an absolute gift. ffefifUz:A,
O At £500 it’s a gift. K#5 500 B the
gift of the ‘gab (BrE) (US a gift for/of ‘gab) (informal, sometimes disapproving) the ability to speak
easily and to persuade other people with your words P A; I#A look a gift horse in
the ‘mouth (usually with negatives MAW AX is] AX) (informal) to refuse or criticize
sth that is given to you for nothing g^tftll; WWj£#AP; — more at god
■
verb (BrE) (used especially in journalism XX XfrPUjf if) to give
sth to sb without their having to make any effort to get it g it; g ta X [VNN] They gifted their opponents a
goal,
fife fll g M in A — ft * 0 [VN] They gifted a goal to their
opponents.
#,f]g 'gift certificate noun (NAmE) = gift token gift-ed /‘giftid/ adj. 1
having
a lot of natural ability or intelligence WAXW; WAMW; AM£!tW: a gifted musician/player, etc. XAWWXIW issfrM#
<> gifted
children
A 2 ~ with sth having
sth
pleasant ),: He was gifted with a
charming smile. fikW—IJIAWf^.
‘gift
shop noun a shop/store that
sells goods that are suitable for giving as presents }Lrr j|j 'gift token (also ‘gift voucher) (both BrE) (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 ^LppfL^t^ft; 'gift-wrap verb (-pp-) [VN] [often passive] to wrap sth as a
present for sb, especially in a shop/store ( Afa f§TJ2i II ) Would you like the chocolates
gift-wrapped? ? 0 The store
offers a gift-wrapping service. & M $iM4b# &M M&o
gig /gig/
noun 1 a performance by
musicians playing pop music or jazz in
front of an audience; a similar performance by a comedian (
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0
a White
Stripes gig
2
(NAmE,
informal) a job, especially a
temporary one (AiallSN'W)Xf^:
a gig as a
basketball coach l|£ M fjc ^ 3 (informal) = gigabyte
4 a small light
carriage with two wheels,
pulled by one horse ATj/Z
giga- /'giga-;
'd3iga-/ combining form (in nouns; used in
units of measurement ffiAitM^-^)io9or
230
^ Y\L: gigahertz
giga byte /'gigabait/ (also informal gig) noun (abbr. Gb) (computing if) a unit of computer memory, equal to 230
(or about a billion) bytes A
\L ¥ W ; A A W; A X A
W;
XiL&M&
giga-flop /'gigaflDp;
'd3-; NAmE -
giga hertz /'gigah3:ts; 'd3i-; NAmE -h3irts/ noun (pi. gigahertz) (abbr. GHz) (computing if, physics #/) a unit for measuring radio waves and
the speed at which a computer operates; 1 000 000 000 hertz ( Ai&M
gi-gan-tic /d3ai'gaentik/ adj. extremely large g A W; IM AW BH21 ENORMOUS, HUGE gi-gant-ism /d3ai'gaentizam; ‘d3aigaentizam/ (also giantism /'d3aiantizam/) noun [U] (medical E) a condition in which sb grows to an
unusually large size g AS