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单词 colossus
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
co•los•sus /kəˈlɑsəs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -los•si /-ˈlɑsaɪ/USA pronunciation  -los•sus•es. 
  1. any statue of gigantic size.
  2. anyone or anything gigantic:a superpower that once was the colossus of the modern world.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
co•los•sus  (kə losəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -los•si (-losī),USA pronunciation -los•sus•es. 
  1. Antiquity(cap.) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World. 
  2. any statue of gigantic size.
  3. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.
  • a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language
  • Greek kolossós statue, image, presumably
  • Latin
  • Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
colossus /kəˈlɒsəs/ n ( pl -si / -saɪ/, -suses)
  1. something very large, esp a statue
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin, from Greek kolossos
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