colossus
/kəˈlɒs.əs//kəˈlɑ.səs/
- n.
- 巨像，巨人
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
colossus
词源说明
From Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”), from an unknown Pre-Greek etymon (and erroneously associated with κολοφών).
释义
名词noun
- 1A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- 2by extensionAny creature or thing of gigantic size.
- 3figurativeSomebody or something very greatly admired and respected