behemoth

英 [bɪˈhiːməθ]

美 [bɪˈhiːməθ]

n.  巨头(指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构)

复数：behemoths　

BNC.42472 / COCA.13240

牛津词典

noun

• 巨头（指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构）
  a very big and powerful company or organization

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 庞然大物；巨兽
  If you refer to something as abehemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
  1. The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.
     这座城市无计划地向外扩展着，成为一个中心缺失的庞然大物。
  2. ...his behemoth 1,047 page book.
     他厚达1,047页的皇皇巨著

英英释义

noun

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation
  Synonym:colossusgiantheavyweighttitan
• someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  Synonym:giantgoliathmonstercolossus

双语例句

• China is fast becoming the behemoth of the global economy; it already produces one-quarter of global production.
  中国正在迅速成为全球经济中的庞然大物，其产量已占全球总产量的四分之一。
• Samsung, which began as a small noodle business in 1938, is now a behemoth.
  1938年三星以小型面条企业起家，如今已经成为一个跨行业的巨擘。
• Behold now the behemoth, which I made as well as you: he eats grass like the ox.
  你且观看河马，我造你也造；吃草与牛一样。
• In 2011, Disney launched a behemoth sea craft& a 4,000-person occupancy vessel called the Disney Dream.
  2011年，迪士尼（Disney）推出了一艘巨型邮轮&可容纳4000人的迪士尼梦想号（DisneyDream）。
• Anyone familiar with Atlanta's behemoth Delta hub only need to combine that with the "new shoes" concept to imagine the state of my feet by the time we got to our luggage.
  任何熟悉亚特兰大那巨大无比的机场中心的人，只要把它和“新鞋”这个词联系在一起想，就能想象出在拿到行李之前我的脚有什么感觉了。
• How do you continue to grow a behemoth?
  如何才能让一个庞大的商业帝国实现持续增长呢？
• China may be a behemoth, but it is not a dinosaur.
  中国或许是个庞然大物，但它不是一只恐龙。
• Shell and BG will be an LNG behemoth.
  壳牌和BG将成为液化天然气行业的巨擘。
• In a few months, Beijing will boast the world's largest airport terminal, a behemoth designed by Norman Foster, the British architect.
  再过几个月，北京将建成世界上最大的机场航站楼。这个庞然大物是英国建筑师诺曼•福斯特（NormanFoster）设计的。
• It ranks ahead of food giant Archer Daniels Midland, pharmaceutical behemoth Bristol Myers Squibb and just behind in ranking of Wal-mart, General Motors and oil magnate, Koch Industries.
  排在食品巨人阿彻丹尼尔斯米德兰和药业巨兽百时美施贵宝的之前，并紧随在沃尔玛、通用汽车和石油巨头科氏工业集团的后面。