colossus
英 [kəˈlɒsəs]
美 [kəˈlɑːsəs]
n. 巨人; 巨物; 巨型雕像
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.- He was a colossus, a legend.
他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。 - ...saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins...
萨克斯演奏大师桑尼·罗利斯 - He became a colossus of the labour movement.
他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
- He was a colossus, a legend.
- 巨型雕塑
Acolossusis an extremely large statue.
英英释义
noun
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
双语例句
- I stride the earth like a colossus.
我像巨人一般大步大步地踏地前行。 - 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。 - The handsome payoffs from these ballsy bets made the South Korean company a colossus;
从上述异常大胆的投资中获得的不错的收益让这家韩国公司成为了科技巨头； - 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。 - The boxer weigh three hundred pound and walk like a veritable colossus.
这个拳击手重三百镑，走起路来像个十足的巨人。 - He was a colossus, a legend.
他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。 - Today, Einstein is venerated as an intellectual colossus who bestrode the20th century like no other.
今天，爱因斯坦被推崇为一个知识巨人，在20世纪没有人像他这样光彩夺目。 - He is a colossus with feet of clay.
他是一个泥足巨人。 - The Colossus would soar higher into the sky.
这一庞然大物高耸云霄。 - 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。