Word · Frequency #22388
Fully loadedcolossi
巨人；巨擘
colossi is the plural of colossus.
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- 1.
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。
- 2.
Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
巨大的生物或物体。
- 3.
Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
非常受人钦佩和尊敬的人或事物。
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。；巨大的生物或物体。；非常受人钦佩和尊敬的人或事物。；巨像；巨人
In use
In the field of physics, Albert Einstein is often called a colossus.
The old professor, a colossus in modern linguistics, still attends every conference.
These two conductors are colossi of twentieth-century music.
a colossus of [domain]
He is a colossus of the financial world.
他是金融界的巨擘。
the colossus of [field]
Shakespeare is the colossus of English literature.
莎士比亚是英国文学的巨匠。
[verb] like a colossus
用于比喻高大或重要的人或物。
Connections
Collocations
- Colossus of Rhodes
- 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。
- financial colossus
- 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。
- a colossus of industry
- 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。
- cultural colossus
- 文化巨擘
- This museum is a cultural colossus.这座博物馆是文化巨擘。
- ancient colossus
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.