英语词汇“colossus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans. The most famous of these was the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the sun god Helios built on the Greek island of Rhodes around 280 B.C. that was over 100 feet tall and took more than 12 years to build. The Statue of Liberty is a modern colossus, enormous and stately, at the entrance to New York Harbor. And someone who has played a colossal role in history, such as Winston Churchill, may be called a colossus as well.

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The building is a colossus of steel and glass. Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art.

Recent Examples on the Web Around Thanksgiving of 2019, the French luxury goods colossus unveiled a $16 billion deal for Tiffany.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 In the mid-1960s, General Motors was a market-dominating colossus, and its industry-leading design department was arguably the engine of its sales success.

Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2022 This modest shop gave us Ballast Point, a craft beer colossus sold to Constellation Brands for $1 billion in 2015.

Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022 When the two are together as Hulks, their differences are made more physically manifest; Jen’s alter ego looks more just like an extremely tall, muscled woman, while Bruce becomes an unfathomably brawny colossus.

Caroline Framke, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022 Because one thing is certain: Even though the pandemic may not be over yet, the trading heyday that came with it and helped build Robinhood into a colossus over the last two years is.

Declan Harty, Fortune, 23 July 2022 The battle lines were fully drawn, and the American economic colossus would soon produce weapons, ships and warplanes on an almost unimaginable scale.

Michael F. Bishop, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 And in Italy police have grabbed a veritable armada, including a boat owned by one of Russia’s richest men, Alexei Mordashov, and a colossus suspected of belonging to Putin himself, the four-hundred-and-fifty-nine-foot Scheherazade.

Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 That is because Drake is one of the most popular—and prodigious—artists on streaming, much more so than even R&B-pop colossus Beyoncé.

Neil Shah, WSJ, 17 June 2022 See More

单词	colossus
释义	colossus noun co·los·sus kə-ˈlä-səs plural colossi kə-ˈlä-ˌsī 1 : a statue of gigantic size and proportions 2 : a person or thing of immense size or power Did you know? The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans. The most famous of these was the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the sun god Helios built on the Greek island of Rhodes around 280 B.C. that was over 100 feet tall and took more than 12 years to build. The Statue of Liberty is a modern colossus, enormous and stately, at the entrance to New York Harbor. And someone who has played a colossal role in history, such as Winston Churchill, may be called a colossus as well. Synonyms behemoth blockbuster dinosaur dreadnought elephant giant Goliath jumbo leviathan mammoth mastodon monster titan whale whopper See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The building is a colossus of steel and glass. Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art. Recent Examples on the Web Around Thanksgiving of 2019, the French luxury goods colossus unveiled a $16 billion deal for Tiffany. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 In the mid-1960s, General Motors was a market-dominating colossus, and its industry-leading design department was arguably the engine of its sales success. Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2022 This modest shop gave us Ballast Point, a craft beer colossus sold to Constellation Brands for $1 billion in 2015. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022 When the two are together as Hulks, their differences are made more physically manifest; Jen’s alter ego looks more just like an extremely tall, muscled woman, while Bruce becomes an unfathomably brawny colossus. Caroline Framke, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022 Because one thing is certain: Even though the pandemic may not be over yet, the trading heyday that came with it and helped build Robinhood into a colossus over the last two years is. Declan Harty, Fortune, 23 July 2022 The battle lines were fully drawn, and the American economic colossus would soon produce weapons, ships and warplanes on an almost unimaginable scale. Michael F. Bishop, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 And in Italy police have grabbed a veritable armada, including a boat owned by one of Russia’s richest men, Alexei Mordashov, and a colossus suspected of belonging to Putin himself, the four-hundred-and-fifty-nine-foot Scheherazade. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 That is because Drake is one of the most popular—and prodigious—artists on streaming, much more so than even R&B-pop colossus Beyoncé. Neil Shah, WSJ, 17 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin, from Greek kolossos First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 colossus noun as in giant something that is unusually large and powerful Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance giant titan whale mammoth behemoth monster dinosaur leviathan hulk elephant mastodon blockbuster jumbo dreadnought Goliath whopper giantess juggernaut amazon heavyweight steamroller bulk Antonyms & Near Antonyms dwarf midget diminutive pigmy pygmy shrimp runt mite weakling lightweight peewee wisp wimp half-pint whippersnapper nonentity twerp See More
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