colossal + noun
colossal 常置于名词前,强调体积或数量极大。
A colossal statue stands at the entrance.
入口处矗立着一座巨大的雕像。
巨大的;庞大的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
巨大的;庞大的
Extremely large; enormous.
A colossal statue stands at the entrance.
入口处矗立着一座巨大的雕像。
极其巨大的,规模宏大的。
Extremely large or on a great scale.
惊人壮观的;非凡的;史诗般的。
Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
The construction project required a colossal amount of steel and concrete.
这个建筑项目需要巨量的钢材和混凝土。
They faced a colossal challenge when the main server crashed.
主服务器崩溃时,他们面临着一个巨大的挑战。
The elephant gave a colossal trumpet that echoed through the valley.
大象发出一声巨大的吼叫,在山谷中回荡。
colossal 常置于名词前,强调体积或数量极大。
A colossal statue stands at the entrance.
入口处矗立着一座巨大的雕像。
colossal 属绝对形容词,可用 absolutely 等加强,但不用 very。
The difficulties we faced were absolutely colossal.
我们面临的困难确实非常巨大。
用 in + 名词具体说明哪一方面巨大,如 scale、size、scope。
The disaster was colossal in scale.
这场灾难的规模是巨大的。
Not this
The colossal of the building is impressive.
Use this
The colossal size of the building is impressive.
colossal 是形容词,不能当作名词使用。要表达“巨大”的名词含义,需加 size(尺寸/规模),或改用主系表结构 The building is colossal。
Not this
It was a colossal big mistake.
Use this
It was a colossal mistake.
colossal 本身已经表示“极其巨大的”,再加 big 会造成语义冗余。英语中强形容词一般不与同义或近义的普通形容词叠加,直接删去 big 即可。
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巨大的失败;惨败
The project was a colossal failure, costing millions.
这个项目是个巨大的失败,耗资数百万。
大错;严重的错误
Buying that stock turned out to be a colossal mistake.
买那只股票后来证明是个大错。
巨大的规模
The festival was organized on a colossal scale.
这个节日以巨大的规模举办。
巨额;大量
They spent a colossal amount of money on the new stadium.
他们在新体育场上花费了巨额资金。
艰巨的任务
Rebuilding the city after the earthquake was a colossal task.
地震后重建这座城市是一项艰巨的任务。
巨大的浪费
It was a colossal waste of time and energy.
那是时间和精力的巨大浪费。
那巨大的废墟,无边而荒凉;/ 唯见孤寂的平沙向远方延伸。
In Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias', the 'colossal Wreck' is a powerful image of how even the greatest empires are eventually reduced to ruins.
在雪莱的诗《奥兹曼迪亚斯》中,“巨大的废墟”是一个有力的意象,说明即使最伟大的帝国最终也会沦为废墟。
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想象一个庞然大物在“可啰嗦”地抱怨,庞大又惊人——colossal 就是巨大的。
语域:mixed 常见场景:新闻报道、正式写作、日常对话 colossal 通常用于正式或书面语境,也比较常见于新闻报道和夸张的口语表达,表示“巨大的、庞大的”或“惊人的、非凡的”。日常交流中不如 huge 常用,但用于强调时仍自然。
与 apostle /əˈpɒsəl/ 押韵(重读元音 /ɒ/ 及之后读音相同)。loss、toss 只共享 /ɒs/ 读音和部分拼写,并非完整押韵;vassal、cancel、parcel 拼写或结尾看似相近,但元音不同,不押韵。
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