leviathan
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++le·vi·a·than /lɪˈvaɪəθən/ noun [countable] literary 1 BIGsomething very large and strong 庞然大物 a leviathan of a ship 巨轮2. RFa very large and frightening sea animal 海怪
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leviathan• The Governor's sanctum was a leviathan suffused with the same dreary red light.• The justice game was never designed to be played between human beings and these corporate leviathans.• It is the vast labor pool that global capitalism has tapped into that is the new leviathan.• Moving underneath them, the whale then rises, gulping them down in one leviathan mouthful.• He said oil slicks from the stricken leviathan still sometimes marred the bay.• Chops' girlfriend continues watching the approaching doom of the churning waves in front of the leviathan.• The busy galleries were attached to the ribs of the leviathan.• What am I that I should assay to hood the nose of this leviathan!Origin leviathan (1300-1400) Leviathan a very large sea animal in the Bible, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyathanle·vi·a·than nounChineseSyllable
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leviathan
le‧vi‧a‧than /lɪˈvaɪəθən/
noun [countable] literary
a leviathan of a ship
2. a very large and frightening sea animal
le‧vi‧a‧than /lɪˈvaɪəθən/
noun [countable] literary Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Leviathan a very large sea animal in the Bible, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyathan
1. something very large and strong:Origin: Leviathan a very large sea animal in the Bible, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyathan
2. a very large and frightening sea animal