colossus
英 [kəˈlɒs.əs]
美 [kəˈlɑː.səs]
联想记忆法:想象一个巨大的“co”losal(巨大的)的雕像或巨人“sus”,它在你的记忆中留下了一个无法忽视的庞大印象。通过这样的视觉联想,可以迅速记忆“colossus”这个单词,其意为“巨大的人或物”。
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colossus 巨型雕像词源不详,原指埃及河口的巨大雕像。
- colossus (n.)
- "gigantic statue," late 14c., from Latin colossus "a statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue," which is of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Helios at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Figurative sense of "any thing of awesome greatness or vastness" is from 1794.
- 1. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
- 他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
- 2. He was a colossus, a legend.
- 他是一个伟人,一个传奇人物。
- 3. The colossus that bestrode the world!
- 哦,这个雄踞全世界的巨人!
- 4. Among astronomers, Nicholas Copernicus suddenly appeared as a colossus.
- 在天文学家中Copernicus作为一个巨人突然出现.
- 5. The colossus would soar higher into the sky.
- 这庞然大物高耸入云.