解释
- n. 巨像；巨人；巨大的东西
※ 提供单词"colossus"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
colossus 巨型雕像
词源不详，原指埃及河口的巨大雕像。
英文词源
- colossus (n.)
- "gigantic statue," late 14c., from Latin colossus "a statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue," which is of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Helios at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Figurative sense of "any thing of awesome greatness or vastness" is from 1794.
例句和用法
- 1. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
- 他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
- 2. He was a colossus, a legend.
- 他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。
- 3. The colossus that bestrode the world!
- 哦,这个雄踞全世界的巨人!
- 4. Among astronomers, Nicholas Copernicus suddenly appeared as a colossus.
- 在天文学家中Copernicus作为一个巨人突然出现.
- 5. The colossus would soar higher into the sky.
- 这庞然大物高耸入云.
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自英汉文学
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