colossus
colossus 英 [kəˈlɒsəs] 美 [kəˈlɑsəs]
n. 巨像；巨人；巨大的东西
名词复数:colossuss
- The original colossus was an enormous statue that was supposed to have guarded the ancient Greek island and city of Rhodes. Now, though, we use the noun colossus for someone of huge importance, reputation, or influence.
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- n. 巨像；巨人；巨大的东西
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1. In this company, Angela Merkel ought to be a colossus.
在这家大公司中， 安格拉·默克尔是一个巨人。
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2. From far away, China may look like an unstoppable colossus.
远观中国，中国可能就像一个不可阻挡的巨人。
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3. The Pentagon colossus now accounts for half of total world military spending.
目前五角大楼巨人的开支占世界总军费一半。
- colossus (n.) "gigantic statue," late 14c., from Latin colossus "a statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue," which is of unknown origin. The Greek word was used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues and 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.
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