colossus
美音:
[kə´lɔsəs
]英音:
[kə´lɔsəs
]n.巨像,巨人
难易程度:
colossus为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
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