Word · Frequency #22388
Fully loadedcolossus
巨人；巨擘
核心释义
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- 1.
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.
- 2.
巨大的生物或物体。
Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
- 3.
非常受人钦佩和尊敬的人或事物。
Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
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
用法In use
In the field of physics, Albert Einstein is often called a colossus.
用法提示：colossus 在此作单数名词，指极具影响力的人物。
The old professor, a colossus in modern linguistics, still attends every conference.
用法提示：colossus 作同位语，说明其重要地位。
These two conductors are colossi of twentieth-century music.
用法提示：colossi 是 colossus 的复数形式，表示多位杰出人物。
a colossus of [domain]
He is a colossus of the financial world.
他是金融界的巨擘。
the colossus of [field]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.