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giantess

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Folklore
gi·ant·ess /ˈdʒaɪəntes/ noun [countable]  RFan extremely tall strong woman, who is often bad and cruel, in children’s stories 〔童话故事中的〕女巨人
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giantessAhead of him the road of cars flexed like a serpent, like the leg of a giantess.Gozitan legend says that a giantess built the temples single-handed, suckling her baby at the same time.At its head soared a great fountain on which stood Columbia, a divine giantess, on the Barge of State.But he had only reached the elbow on which the giantess was supporting herself when a car drew up beside him.
gi·ant·ess nounChineseSyllable
Corpus often who bad is extremely strong woman, an tall


giantess
giantess /ˈdʒaɪəntes/ noun [countable]
an extremely tall strong woman, who is often bad and cruel, in children’s stories


giant·essBrE /ˌdʒaɪənˈtes/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdʒaɪənˈtes/ 🔊 noun(in stories) a female giant (故事中的)女巨人