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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
      1. 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

          双语例句

          • The Colossus was a unit that I wasn't sold on before playing it.
            巨像是个让我先前不太买帐的单位。
          • It is a colossus with feet of clay.
            它是一个泥足巨人。
          • He compared the statue with an unfinished marble colossus from the island of naxos.
            他把这座雕像与纳克索斯岛上的未完成的大理石巨像相比。
          • 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。
          • Not even the martial arts star could wrap his arms around the colossus.
            而他们庆祝的方式就是做了全世界最大的寿司卷:即便是身为功夫明星的成龙也不能环抱这个寿司巨人。
          • This makes the colossus the ideal support unit for this group of Zealots.
            这样“巨神像”成为“狂热者”部队理想的支援后盾。
          • Turly, I've known many great men in my life, but only one colossus.
            我这一生见过很多伟人,但是只有一个巨人。
          • He became a colossus of the labour movement.
            他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
          • Outside China, pessimism has been growing about the ability of the colossus to sustain its rapid growth.
            外界对中国这位巨人维持快速增长的能力越来越悲观。
          • 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。