colossus

英 [kəˈlɒsəs]

美 [kəˈlɑːsəs]

n.  巨人; 巨物; 巨型雕像

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BNC.22388 / COCA.20646

牛津词典

noun

• 巨人；巨物
  a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size
• 巨型雕像
  an extremely large statue

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 巨人;伟人;庞然大物;极重要的事情
  If you describe someone or something as acolossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size.
  1. He was a colossus, a legend.
     他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。
  2. ...saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins...
     萨克斯演奏大师桑尼·罗利斯
  3. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
     他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
• 巨型雕塑
  Acolossusis an extremely large statue.

英英释义

noun

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation
  Synonym:behemothgiantheavyweighttitan
• someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  Synonym:giantgoliathbehemothmonster

双语例句

• The Colossus would soar higher into the sky.
  这一庞然大物高耸云霄。
• A copper colossus of their leader stand in the middle of the square.
  他们领袖的铜巨像耸立在广场中央。
• He became a colossus of the labour movement.
  他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
• With his influential friends and extravagant lifestyle, he bestrides the world of show business like a colossus.
  他有着举足轻重的朋友，过着奢侈豪华的生活，像巨人般主宰着娱乐业。
• He was a colossus, a legend.
  他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。
• She has been described as the creative Colossus of the literary world.
  她被誉为文学界里创造力的巨匠。
• To limited bedroom space, the television calculates really going up is a colossus.
  对于有限的卧室空间而言，电视机实在算得上是一个庞然大物。
• As destiny would have it, even the world's highest mountain would be ascended before this ice-covered and avalanche-dangerous colossus.
  命中注定，甚至世界上最高峰在这座冰雪覆盖、具有雪崩危险的巨峰之前也被攀登了。
• In the ironic, self-referential universe inhabited by the YouTube generation, you cannot create a new media colossus and sell it for a king's ransom without poking fun at the whole process.
  在YouTube一代所处的充满讽刺、自我参照的世界中，如果不取笑一下整个过程，你就不可能创建一个新的媒体巨人、并把它卖出个大价钱。
• It is a colossus with feet of clay.
  它是一个泥足巨人。