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

• 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。
• 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。
• The deal may spur more competition for Microsoft, but it removes the threat that the government will try to break up the behemoth.
  这笔交易或许会给微软公司带来更多的竞争，但也解除了政府欲拆散这个庞大公司的威胁。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps even Kenny's Sea Monkey "underwater" behemoth?
  甚至肯尼的海猴“的水下”庞然大物？
• New Delhi, meanwhile, another emerging market behemoth, has its own reasons for soft-pedalling.
  与此同时，另一个新兴市场巨头&印度也有自己保持低调的理由。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Every company from a two-man operation to a global corporate behemoth has a strategy for profiting from Chinese growth.
  从二人公司到全球企业巨擘，所有企业都制定了旨在从中国增长中获利的战略。