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leviathan

C1 noun

leviathan /ləˈvaɪəθ(ə)n/ nghĩa là quái vật biển khổng lồ

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  1. quái vật biển khổng lồ

    A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.

    The fomie vvaues out of the dreadfull deep, / The huge Leuiathan, dame Natures vvonder, / Making his ſport, that manie makes to vveep: […]

    Canſt thou dravv out Leuiathan vvith an hooke? or his tongue vvith a corde vvhich thou letteſt dovvne?

    [T]hat Sea beaſt / Leviathan, vvhich God of all his vvorks / Created hugeſt that ſvvim th' Ocean ſtream: […]

  2. vật khổng lồ, người quyền thế

    A thing which is monstrously great in size, strength, etc. (especially a ship); also, a person with great power or wealth.

    figuratively

    So can the Lord deal, and often doth, vvith the great Behemoths and Leviathans of the vvorld: […]

    The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make / Their clay creator the vain title take / Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; […]

    After brute-forcing its way to dominance in so many industries, the tech leviathan may finally have met its match [subtitle].

  3. nhà nước Leviathan

    Sometimes in the form Leviathan: based on the writings of Thomas Hobbes, the political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one.

    figuratively

    Holonym: the System

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