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colossus

美音:[kə´lɔsəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.巨像,巨人

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名词复数:colossi

colossus


/kə'lɒsəs; kə`lɑsəs/
n (pl -lossi/ -5lCsaI;-`lBsaI/ or ~es/ -5lCsEsIz; -`lBsEsIz/)
1 statue much larger than life size (远超于实体的)塑像; 巨像.
2 person or thing of very great size, importance, ability, etc 非常巨大、重要、有能量等的人或事物
*Mozart is a colossus among composers. 莫札特是作曲家中的巨匠.

colossus


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin:'very large statue', from Greek kolossos]
someone or something that is extremely big or extremely important
 an intellectual colossus like Leonardo