behemoth

be·he·moth /bəˈhiːmɒθ $ -mɑːθ/ noun [countableC]

formalBIG something that is very large 庞然大物

a trade behemoth that shipped abroad $800 billion worth of goods

向国外运输了价值8,000亿美元货物的贸易巨头

Examples from the Corpus

behemoth• The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.• But shoppers are now more loyal to their local shops than to faceless behemoths like Philip Morris.• One of the new weapons is a $2.5 million behemoth: the M-1 tank.• This is the kind of high school where the students are multiethnic behemoths in their mid-30s who major in advanced sneering.• Ultimate Fighting reached further, putting muscular behemoths in brutal contests, and fizzled.• The dread-swinging, goatee-toting, guitar-slashing, spring-heeled rock behemoth that is Wiz Mega Curses!• It was like coming in to land on the wrinkled hide of some sleeping behemoth.• On this stingy substitute rain, the behemoth of all living things, the redwood, thrives.• Brokers hope that corporations will spring for the big bucks necessary to secure one of these behemoths.

Be·he·mothn /bəˈhiːmɒθ $ -mɑːθ/ noun

nan extremely large, mythical creature mentioned in the Bible, whose name is now used to describe something very big

five warships, including two 64,000-ton behemoths

→ leviathan

From Longman Business Dictionary

behemothbe·he·moth /bəˈhiːmɒθ-mɑːθ/ noun [countableC] journalism

a very large and powerful international company, business, industry etcSYN GIANT

a company that grew into a behemoth in New Zealand and today controls billions of dollars in assets worldwide

a media and entertainment behemoth

Origin behemoth

(1500-1600) Behemoth very large animal (probably a hippopotamus) mentioned in the Bible ((14-21 centuries)), from Latin, from Hebrew

词汇	behemoth
释义	behemoth be·he·moth /bəˈhiːmɒθ $ -mɑːθ/ noun [countableC] formalBIG something that is very large 庞然大物 a trade behemoth that shipped abroad $800 billion worth of goods 向国外运输了价值8,000亿美元货物的贸易巨头 Examples from the Corpus behemoth• The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.• But shoppers are now more loyal to their local shops than to faceless behemoths like Philip Morris.• One of the new weapons is a $2.5 million behemoth: the M-1 tank.• This is the kind of high school where the students are multiethnic behemoths in their mid-30s who major in advanced sneering.• Ultimate Fighting reached further, putting muscular behemoths in brutal contests, and fizzled.• The dread-swinging, goatee-toting, guitar-slashing, spring-heeled rock behemoth that is Wiz Mega Curses!• It was like coming in to land on the wrinkled hide of some sleeping behemoth.• On this stingy substitute rain, the behemoth of all living things, the redwood, thrives.• Brokers hope that corporations will spring for the big bucks necessary to secure one of these behemoths. Be·he·mothn /bəˈhiːmɒθ $ -mɑːθ/ noun nan extremely large, mythical creature mentioned in the Bible, whose name is now used to describe something very big five warships, including two 64,000-ton behemoths → leviathan From Longman Business Dictionary behemothbe·he·moth /bəˈhiːmɒθ-mɑːθ/ noun [countableC] journalism a very large and powerful international company, business, industry etcSYN GIANT a company that grew into a behemoth in New Zealand and today controls billions of dollars in assets worldwide a media and entertainment behemoth Origin behemoth (1500-1600) Behemoth very large animal (probably a hippopotamus) mentioned in the Bible ((14-21 centuries)), from Latin, from Hebrew
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