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a colossus of [domain]
He is a colossus of the financial world.
他是金融界的巨擘。
巨人；巨擘
colossi — plural of colossus
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
巨人；巨擘
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
He is a colossus of the financial world.
他是金融界的巨擘。
巨型雕像,尤指古代著名雕像,如罗马的尼禄巨像和古代世界七大奇迹之一的罗德岛巨像。
A 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.
巨大的生物或物体。
Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
非常受人钦佩和尊敬的人或事物。
Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
In the field of physics, Albert Einstein is often called a colossus.
在物理学领域，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦常被称为巨人。
The old professor, a colossus in modern linguistics, still attends every conference.
这位老教授是现代语言学界的巨擘，仍然出席每一次会议。
These two conductors are colossi of twentieth-century music.
这两位指挥家是二十世纪音乐界的巨匠。
He is a colossus of the financial world.
他是金融界的巨擘。
Shakespeare is the colossus of English literature.
莎士比亚是英国文学的巨匠。
用于比喻高大或重要的人或物。
The ancient statue stood like a colossus over the city.
这座古代雕像像巨像一样俯瞰着城市。
Not this
He is a colossus football player.
Use this
He is a colossal football player.
Colossus 是名词，不能用作形容词。修饰名词应使用形容词 colossal。
Not this
The museum has two colossuses.
Use this
The museum has two colossi.
Colossus 来自拉丁语，复数形式为 colossi，而非加 -es。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
罗德岛巨像（古代世界七大奇迹之一）
The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of the sun god Helios.
罗德岛巨像是太阳神赫利俄斯的巨型雕像。
金融巨头；金融巨擘
The bank has become a financial colossus in Asia.
这家银行已成为亚洲的金融巨头。
工业巨擘；产业巨头
She became a colossus of industry in her forties.
她四十多岁时成为工业巨擘。
文化巨擘
This museum is a cultural colossus.
这座博物馆是文化巨擘。
古代巨像
The ancient colossus was toppled by an earthquake.
这座古代巨像在地震中倒塌了。
泥足巨人；外表强大但内在脆弱的人或事物。
The company was a colossus with feet of clay, and its collapse shocked everyone.
这家公司是个泥足巨人，它的倒闭让所有人震惊。
像巨人般雄踞天下；在全世界占有压倒性优势。
At its peak, the ancient empire bestrode the world like a colossus.
这个古代帝国在鼎盛时期雄踞天下，犹如巨人。
啊，他简直像一座巨像跨在这小小的世界上，我们这些微不足道的人只能在他两条巨腿下穿行，东张西望。
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius says this to describe how Caesar looms over everyone else like the giant statue of the sun god Helios in Rhodes.
在莎士比亚的《尤利乌斯·凯撒》中，卡西乌斯用这句话形容凯撒像罗德岛的太阳神赫利俄斯巨像一样，高高在上地压着所有人。
Use colossi naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 colossal（巨大的）记忆：colossus 指巨像、巨人。想象罗德岛巨像矗立港口，船只小如模型，庞然身躯令人难忘。
语域：formal 常见场景：news writing、formal biography、public commentary 该词多用于正式或书面语体，常作比喻，指备受尊敬或极具影响力的人物、机构等，如 a colossus of the film industry。日常口语中较少出现，使用时语气较庄重。
None of these words rhymes exactly with 'colossus' /kəˈlɒsəs/. The single-syllable words boss, loss, toss, gloss, and moss all contain the /ɒs/ sound, which matches the stressed syllable of 'colossus', but they do not have the final /əs/ syllable. 'Colossal' looks similar in spelling (sharing 'coloss') but is pronounced /kəˈlɒsəl/ with a final /əl/, not /əs/. Use these words to practice the middle 'oss' spelling and /ɒs/ sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.