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

• 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。
• That's the sound of a male orcin online roleplaying behemoth World of Warcraft.
  这是风靡的角色扮演网游魔兽世界中一个男兽人发出的声音。
• 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 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。
• One of these cards, Cliffrunner Behemoth, has two of these abilities.
  在这些牌之中，奔崖巨兽具有两个上述的异能。
• In March, it announced a three-year strategic partnership with the e-commerce behemoth Alibaba.
  今年3月，主办方宣布与电商巨头阿里巴巴签订三年协议，达成战略伙伴关系。
• 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 circumstances like these, you might not want to take on such a behemoth refactoring effort.
  对于这类情况，可能不希望进行重大的重构。
• The retail behemoth is regularly the target of unfavorable billboards, newspaper ads and at least one critical documentary.
  零售巨头是定期的目标不利的广告牌，报纸广告和至少一个关键的纪录片。
• Chomsky's America is a tyrannical behemoth which exploits and terrorizes, forcing its will on its own citizens and the rest of the world.
  乔姆斯基的美国是一个暴虐的庞然大物，剥削、恐怖统治，将其意愿强加给本国国民和全世界。