Colossus
[kə'lɒsəs] or [kə'lɑsəs]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
(n.) Any man or beast of gigantic size.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Gigantic statue.
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解釋/意思:
n. a gigantic statue esp. that of Apollo astride the entrance of the harbour of Rhodes.—adjs. Coloss′al like a colossus: gigantic; Coloss′alwise astride (Shak.).—ns. Colossē′um Colisē′um Vespasian's amphitheatre at Rome which was the largest in the world.
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例句/造句/用法:
- At nine o'clock in the morning we went and stood before this marble colossus. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The military Colossus then tumbled, and the Press began to lead mankind. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In the friendliest manner he is making himself quite at home with his back to the fire, executing a statuette of the Colossus at Rhodes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- And presently the Oracle stepped out with his eternal spy-glass and squared himself on the deck like another Colossus of Rhodes. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He desired I would stand like a Colossus, with my legs as far asunder as I conveniently could. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- He traveled on those feet and his hands, and was as sway-backed as if the Colossus of Rhodes had been riding him. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
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