colossal是什么意思_colossal怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"
"has a colossal nerve"
"a prodigious storm"
"a stupendous field of grass"
"stupendous demand"

中英词源

colossal 巨大的

来自colossus, 巨型雕像。

colossal: colossal: [18] Colossal comes ultimately from Greek kolossós, a word of unknown origin which was first used by the historian Herodotus as a name for certain gigantic statues in Egypt. It became much better known, of course, when applied to the Colossus of Rhodes, a 36-metrehigh statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to Rhodes harbour, built around 280 BC. Various adjectives meaning ‘huge’ have since been derived from it: Latin had colossēus and colossicus, and in the 17th century English tried colossean and colossic, but in the 18th century the choice fell on colossal, borrowed from French.

The amphitheatre built in Rome by Vespasian and Titus around 80–75 BC was named Colossēum after its great size.
colossal (adj.): 1712 (colossic in the same sense is recorded from c. 1600), from French colossal, from colosse, from Latin colossus, from Greek kolossos (see colossus).

词态变化

权威造句

1. The singer earns a colossal amount of money.: 那歌手现在可赚大钱了。

2. Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.: 那座城市里的高层建筑很庞大.

3. Even by modern standards, the 46, 000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.: 即使按照现代的标准看, 那46, 000吨的泰坦斯尼克号也是一艘巨轮.

4. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2400 pounds.: 但是竞赛赐要结束, 一辆卡车来到了工厂,带来一块真正巨大的饼干,它的重量是2400磅.

5. Plagues aside, many critics see xenotransplantation as a colossal waste of resources.: 除了疫病外, 许多批评家把异种移植看作是资源的巨大浪费.

近反义词

enormous 巨大的

huge 巨大的

immense 巨大的

vast 巨大的

gigantic 巨大的

mammoth 巨大的

prodigious 巨大的

terrific 可怕的

jumbo 喷气式飞机

epic 史诗

big 大的

large 大的

tremendous 巨大的

bulky 庞大的

massive 巨大的

oversize 超过尺寸的

titanic 巨大的

stupendous 惊人的

相似短语

colossal figure 巨型画像或雕塑像(远远大于真人)

colossal profits 暴利

colossal order 高柱式

单词分析

这些形容词均有“巨大的，庞大的”之意。
huge含义广，强调体积或容积的庞大。也可用于引申意义。
enormous指体积、数量或程度远远超过一般标准。
immense正式用词，侧重空间的广阔，也指面积或分量的巨大。
giant非正式用词，多为褒义。指如巨人般的庞大体积。
gigantic指面积或体积的巨大，但多用于引申意义。
colossal侧重尺寸、规模和体积的无比巨大。
vast多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。
massive指大的体积、数量和重量，侧重庞大而笨重。
tremendous指某物很大，大得惊人；也可用作引申意义。

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