Definition of leviathan in English:

leviathan

noun lɪˈvʌɪəθ(ə)nləˈvaɪəθən

1(in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1).
（《圣经》不同篇章中分别象征鲸鱼、鳄鱼和魔鬼的）海中怪兽
Example sentencesExamples
- The movie goes a little overboard with its repeated use of Plato's discussion of Atlantis, but makes up for it with the more obscure reference to the biblical leviathan.
Synonyms
monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, mammoth, monstrosity
1. 1.1 A very large aquatic creature, especially a whale.
  水中巨兽（尤指鲸鱼）
  the great leviathans of the deep
  深海中的巨兽。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Back in the days when whalers hunted sperm whales, they often reported seeing fish fly through the air when the leviathans surfaced.
  The reason for the fluctuations is uncertain, but if there were several large leviathans in the lake prior to 1860 as proponents believe, why was there only one highly doubtful sighting?
  While it's well known that many modern large animals, including Indian elephants, can swim, sauropods have long been viewed as bulky leviathans in a class of their own.
  Fish populations plummeted and eventually, when the canal was 30 kilometers long and the sea continued to move away, the boats were abandoned to lie like great leviathans on sands that were once sea bottom.
  These rare leviathans of the deep have not been seen in the North Atlantic for many years.
  Blue whales, found in all the oceans of the world, are true leviathans, stretching as long as 100 feet and weighing as much as 200 tons.
  Shoulder to shoulder, at least 20 people could stand with their backs against each of these leviathans.
  Leviathans are one of the nastiest water animals that ever swam the seven seas, and I thought that a leviathan was scaring the fish away from something.
  The humpback whale, that mighty leviathan of the briny deep, hardly strikes one as a marvel of agility; on the contrary, it seems the very embodiment of stateliness and power.
2. 1.2 A thing that is very large or powerful, especially an organization or vehicle.
  巨大而强有力的东西（尤指船）
  it's a challenge to navigate a wheeled leviathan in rush-hour traffic
  Example sentencesExamples
  She was in awe of the powerful old leviathan, and adjusted its controls with a naive reverence.
  The typical person lacks the resources, knowledge, and skills to take on the local leviathan that our local governments have become.
  There is a palpable sense of the ghosts of ancient wars looking down grimly on a humbled leviathan.
  Since a corporation's culture shapes the quality and range of its journalism, the danger in reducing ownership to a few leviathans seems clear.
  Even so, say the skeptics, it's hard to make a solid business case for these leviathans.
  Over the past 43 years he has worked in the trenches at such corporate leviathans as IBM and Xerox, and in between he has found the time to be an entrepreneur, running 21 companies in 17 industries at one time or another.
3. 1.3 An autocratic monarch or state.
  独裁君主；独裁主义国家（源自霍布斯于1651年所写《利维坦》一书中的典故）
  we must tame the state Leviathan

Origin

Via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān.

In the Bible Leviathan is a sea monster, sometimes identified with a whale, sometimes with a crocodile, sometimes with the Devil. In 1651 Thomas Hobbes published a treatise of political philosophy called The Leviathan, in which the monster in question is sovereign power. Modern uses of leviathan for ‘an autocratic monarch or state’ derive from this. Hobbes himself considered that an absolute monarch was essential to maintain an ordered state in a world in which ‘the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’. Leviathan has been used for something huge since the early 17th century.

Definition of leviathan in US English:

leviathan

nounləˈvaɪəθənləˈvīəTHən

1(in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1).
（《圣经》不同篇章中分别象征鲸鱼、鳄鱼和魔鬼的）海中怪兽
Example sentencesExamples
- The movie goes a little overboard with its repeated use of Plato's discussion of Atlantis, but makes up for it with the more obscure reference to the biblical leviathan.
Synonyms
monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, mammoth, monstrosity
1. 1.1 A very large aquatic creature, especially a whale.
  水中巨兽（尤指鲸鱼）
  the great leviathans of the deep
  深海中的巨兽。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The reason for the fluctuations is uncertain, but if there were several large leviathans in the lake prior to 1860 as proponents believe, why was there only one highly doubtful sighting?
  These rare leviathans of the deep have not been seen in the North Atlantic for many years.
  Shoulder to shoulder, at least 20 people could stand with their backs against each of these leviathans.
  While it's well known that many modern large animals, including Indian elephants, can swim, sauropods have long been viewed as bulky leviathans in a class of their own.
  Back in the days when whalers hunted sperm whales, they often reported seeing fish fly through the air when the leviathans surfaced.
  Leviathans are one of the nastiest water animals that ever swam the seven seas, and I thought that a leviathan was scaring the fish away from something.
  Blue whales, found in all the oceans of the world, are true leviathans, stretching as long as 100 feet and weighing as much as 200 tons.
  Fish populations plummeted and eventually, when the canal was 30 kilometers long and the sea continued to move away, the boats were abandoned to lie like great leviathans on sands that were once sea bottom.
  The humpback whale, that mighty leviathan of the briny deep, hardly strikes one as a marvel of agility; on the contrary, it seems the very embodiment of stateliness and power.
2. 1.2 A thing that is very large or powerful, especially a ship.
  巨大而强有力的东西（尤指船）
  Example sentencesExamples
  She was in awe of the powerful old leviathan, and adjusted its controls with a naive reverence.
  Since a corporation's culture shapes the quality and range of its journalism, the danger in reducing ownership to a few leviathans seems clear.
  Even so, say the skeptics, it's hard to make a solid business case for these leviathans.
  The typical person lacks the resources, knowledge, and skills to take on the local leviathan that our local governments have become.
  Over the past 43 years he has worked in the trenches at such corporate leviathans as IBM and Xerox, and in between he has found the time to be an entrepreneur, running 21 companies in 17 industries at one time or another.
  There is a palpable sense of the ghosts of ancient wars looking down grimly on a humbled leviathan.
3. 1.3 An autocratic monarch or state.
  独裁君主；独裁主义国家（源自霍布斯于1651年所写《利维坦》一书中的典故）

Origin

Via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān.

词汇	leviathan
释义	Definition of leviathan in English: leviathan noun lɪˈvʌɪəθ(ə)nləˈvaɪəθən 1(in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1). （《圣经》不同篇章中分别象征鲸鱼、鳄鱼和魔鬼的）海中怪兽 Example sentencesExamples The movie goes a little overboard with its repeated use of Plato's discussion of Atlantis, but makes up for it with the more obscure reference to the biblical leviathan. Synonyms monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, mammoth, monstrosity 1.1 A very large aquatic creature, especially a whale. 水中巨兽（尤指鲸鱼） the great leviathans of the deep 深海中的巨兽。 Example sentencesExamples Back in the days when whalers hunted sperm whales, they often reported seeing fish fly through the air when the leviathans surfaced. The reason for the fluctuations is uncertain, but if there were several large leviathans in the lake prior to 1860 as proponents believe, why was there only one highly doubtful sighting? While it's well known that many modern large animals, including Indian elephants, can swim, sauropods have long been viewed as bulky leviathans in a class of their own. Fish populations plummeted and eventually, when the canal was 30 kilometers long and the sea continued to move away, the boats were abandoned to lie like great leviathans on sands that were once sea bottom. These rare leviathans of the deep have not been seen in the North Atlantic for many years. Blue whales, found in all the oceans of the world, are true leviathans, stretching as long as 100 feet and weighing as much as 200 tons. Shoulder to shoulder, at least 20 people could stand with their backs against each of these leviathans. Leviathans are one of the nastiest water animals that ever swam the seven seas, and I thought that a leviathan was scaring the fish away from something. The humpback whale, that mighty leviathan of the briny deep, hardly strikes one as a marvel of agility; on the contrary, it seems the very embodiment of stateliness and power. 1.2 A thing that is very large or powerful, especially an organization or vehicle. 巨大而强有力的东西（尤指船） it's a challenge to navigate a wheeled leviathan in rush-hour traffic Example sentencesExamples She was in awe of the powerful old leviathan, and adjusted its controls with a naive reverence. The typical person lacks the resources, knowledge, and skills to take on the local leviathan that our local governments have become. There is a palpable sense of the ghosts of ancient wars looking down grimly on a humbled leviathan. Since a corporation's culture shapes the quality and range of its journalism, the danger in reducing ownership to a few leviathans seems clear. Even so, say the skeptics, it's hard to make a solid business case for these leviathans. Over the past 43 years he has worked in the trenches at such corporate leviathans as IBM and Xerox, and in between he has found the time to be an entrepreneur, running 21 companies in 17 industries at one time or another. 1.3 An autocratic monarch or state. 独裁君主；独裁主义国家（源自霍布斯于1651年所写《利维坦》一书中的典故） we must tame the state Leviathan Origin Via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān. In the Bible Leviathan is a sea monster, sometimes identified with a whale, sometimes with a crocodile, sometimes with the Devil. In 1651 Thomas Hobbes published a treatise of political philosophy called The Leviathan, in which the monster in question is sovereign power. Modern uses of leviathan for ‘an autocratic monarch or state’ derive from this. Hobbes himself considered that an absolute monarch was essential to maintain an ordered state in a world in which ‘the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’. Leviathan has been used for something huge since the early 17th century. Definition of leviathan in US English: leviathan nounləˈvaɪəθənləˈvīəTHən 1(in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1). （《圣经》不同篇章中分别象征鲸鱼、鳄鱼和魔鬼的）海中怪兽 Example sentencesExamples The movie goes a little overboard with its repeated use of Plato's discussion of Atlantis, but makes up for it with the more obscure reference to the biblical leviathan. Synonyms monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, mammoth, monstrosity 1.1 A very large aquatic creature, especially a whale. 水中巨兽（尤指鲸鱼） the great leviathans of the deep 深海中的巨兽。 Example sentencesExamples The reason for the fluctuations is uncertain, but if there were several large leviathans in the lake prior to 1860 as proponents believe, why was there only one highly doubtful sighting? These rare leviathans of the deep have not been seen in the North Atlantic for many years. Shoulder to shoulder, at least 20 people could stand with their backs against each of these leviathans. While it's well known that many modern large animals, including Indian elephants, can swim, sauropods have long been viewed as bulky leviathans in a class of their own. Back in the days when whalers hunted sperm whales, they often reported seeing fish fly through the air when the leviathans surfaced. Leviathans are one of the nastiest water animals that ever swam the seven seas, and I thought that a leviathan was scaring the fish away from something. Blue whales, found in all the oceans of the world, are true leviathans, stretching as long as 100 feet and weighing as much as 200 tons. Fish populations plummeted and eventually, when the canal was 30 kilometers long and the sea continued to move away, the boats were abandoned to lie like great leviathans on sands that were once sea bottom. The humpback whale, that mighty leviathan of the briny deep, hardly strikes one as a marvel of agility; on the contrary, it seems the very embodiment of stateliness and power. 1.2 A thing that is very large or powerful, especially a ship. 巨大而强有力的东西（尤指船） Example sentencesExamples She was in awe of the powerful old leviathan, and adjusted its controls with a naive reverence. Since a corporation's culture shapes the quality and range of its journalism, the danger in reducing ownership to a few leviathans seems clear. Even so, say the skeptics, it's hard to make a solid business case for these leviathans. The typical person lacks the resources, knowledge, and skills to take on the local leviathan that our local governments have become. Over the past 43 years he has worked in the trenches at such corporate leviathans as IBM and Xerox, and in between he has found the time to be an entrepreneur, running 21 companies in 17 industries at one time or another. There is a palpable sense of the ghosts of ancient wars looking down grimly on a humbled leviathan. 1.3 An autocratic monarch or state. 独裁君主；独裁主义国家（源自霍布斯于1651年所写《利维坦》一书中的典故） Origin Via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān.
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