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adj. 巨大的¹⁰⁰; 异常的副词colossally
大
adj.形容词
巨大的immense
Adjective:
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple has a colossal nerve a prodigious storm a stupendous field of grass stupendous demand 公元前292年希腊的罗德岛人击败马其顿人的入侵，把缴获的兵器熔化后制作了一尊青铜太阳神巨像，高100英尺，脚跨海港入口，船可从底下驶入港口，是古代七大奇观之一，被称为Colossus of Rhodes罗德岛的巨型塑像。Colossus来自希腊语kolossos，意为“巨型塑像”，由古罗马历史学家希德罗德首次在其著作《历史》中使用，表示埃及的巨大塑像。后来，罗马人用它来表示罗德岛的巨型塑像。英语单词colossal就来自拉丁语colossue，表示“巨大的”。罗马的圆形大斗兽场就被称为colosseum。
colossal：kə'lɒsəl adj.巨大的，庞大的，异常的
colosseum：,kɔlə'siəm n.罗马圆形大斗兽场
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词colossal building庞大的建筑colossal rate of interest大额利率colossal wealth巨大的财富
钱博士coloss巨型雕像-al…的形容词后缀→巨型雕像的⇒巨大的，奇大无比的
参考单词colossus巨型雕像。GRE红宝书co共同, los = lose丢, 所有人都丢钱, 那么数量一定是巨大的.
column 象柱子，礼堂建筑等柱子般巨大非常记忆co可乐〖熟词coke〗+loss〖象1055〗-al…的阿狸〖拼音〗⇒巨大的可乐瓶装了1055个阿狸词根记忆co共同+ loslose丢+ sal → 所有人都丢钱，数量一定是巨大的 ⇒巨大的近义词 big大的epic史诗large大的huge巨大的vast巨大的bulky庞大的immense巨大的mammoth巨大的massive巨大的titanic巨大的enormous巨大的gigantic巨大的terrific可怕的jumbo喷气式飞机prodigious巨大的tremendous巨大的stupendous惊人的oversize超过尺寸的
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage.无线电城的音乐厅有一个大舞台。
用作表语
S+be+～Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的高层建筑很庞大。
形容词84%,名词16%
用作形容词This is indeed acolossalsuccess.这确实是个巨大的成功。
But to go back to the old ways would be acolossalmistake.但是，回到老路上将是一个巨大的错误。adj.very large
同义词 enormous,gargantuan,gigantic,huge,immense,jumbo,mammoth,monstrous,vastbarn door,behemothic,blimp,cyclopean,elephantine,giant,humongous,mondo,mountainous,super,titanic
反义词 little,miniature,miniscule,minute,small,teeny,tiny
Bunyanesqueadjective giant
behemoth,brobdingnagian,elephantine,enormous,gargantuan,gigantesque,gigantic,ginormous,great,herculean,huge,hulking,humongous,humungous,immense,jumbo,large,mammoth,massive,monster,monstrous,monumental,mountainous,prodigious,pythonic,sizable,stupendous,titanic,tremendous,vast
Herculeanadjective powerful, strong
almighty,backbreaking,colossal,courageous,forceful,gargantuan,gigantic,hard,heroic,huge,impressive,laborious,mighty,strenuous,tough,vigorous
astronomicaladjective huge
astronomic,colossal,considerable,enormous,epic,gigantic,ginormous,humongous,jumbo,mammoth,massive,mega,monster,monumental,prodigious,sizeable,tremendous,vast,very big,very large,whopping
bigadjective large, great
a whale of a,ample,awash,brimming,bulky,burly,capacious,chock-full,colossal,commodious,considerable,copious,crowded,enormous,extensive,fat,full,gigantic,heavy-duty,heavyweight,hefty,huge,hulking,humongous,husky,immense,jumbo,mammoth,massive,mondo,monster,oversize,packed,ponderous,prodigious,roomy,sizable,spacious,strapping,stuffed,substantial,supercolossal,thundering,tremendous,vast,voluminous,walloping,whopper,whopping
brobdingnagianadjective giant
Bunyanesque,behemoth,colossal,elephantine,enormous,gargantuan,gigantesque,gigantic,ginormous,great,herculean,huge,hulking,humongous,humungous,immense,jumbo,large,mammoth,massive,monster,monstrous,monumental,mountainous,prodigious,pythonic,sizable,stupendous,titanic,tremendous,vast
bulkyadjective huge
awkward,beefy,big,colossal,cumbersome,cumbrous,enormous,gross,heavy,hefty,high,hulking,immense,large,long,mammoth,massive,ponderous,substantial,unhandy,unmanageable,unwieldy,voluminous,weighty Every bit of this colossal damage was caused by one woman's lie.
这次事故造成的巨大伤害全都是源自于一个女人的谎言。 yeeyan
Much of Japan’s colossal household wealth, one of the world’s biggest pools of savings, is in cash or deposits earning little interest.
日本巨大家庭财富，是世界上最大储蓄池之一，只是赚取一点利息的存款或者是现金形式。 ecocn
The colossal monument bestrode the harbour.
巨大的纪念碑高耸于海港上。《21世纪大英汉词典》
This was a colossal fight, needing huge amounts of money, and engaging the enemy through overwhelming force.
这场战争是巨大的，需要大量的金钱，而且要以绝对优势来战胜敌人。 yeeyan
And how did they manage to transfer abroad such colossal sums?
而他们又是如何得以向海外转移了如此巨大的金额？ yeeyan
But the worst of the bombardment— including the colossal impact that knocked loose the chunk that became our moon— was over.
但最糟糕的轰炸——包括将大块物质撞击得脱离地球形成月球巨大碰撞——已经结束了。 yeeyan
But there is now“a breakdown in the balance between the generations”, thanks to the colossal size of one of them.
但现在，“在代际之间的”均势被打破，这归功于他们中之一的巨大规模。 ecocn
But these measures, though welcome to many, hardly amount to spectacular shifts in the government's spending priorities nor are they a colossal burden.
虽然许多人欢迎这些措施受，但难以使其在政府的支出次序上转到引人注意的优先位置，也不会成为巨大的财政负担。 ecocn
But today we have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.
但是，今天我们已经自己身陷巨大的混乱之中，跌跌撞撞地受控于一种精致的机器，这机器如何运作我们并不理解。 yeeyan
For the message needs to be broadcast that alternative medicine is a colossal waste of money.
因为必须要广而告之的是，替代医学是一种巨大的金钱浪费。 ecocn
Given the scale of misery that civil wars cause, even a small reduction in their number would be a colossal blessing.
鉴于内战给该国国民带来的巨大悲惨，即使只能避免一部分的内战，也已经是巨大的恩赐。 yeeyan
Here we present a collection of botanical wonders that are grown over buildings, grown into buildings, and woven into astounding, colossal patterns.
这里我们收集了很多植物奇景，有的长在建筑表面，有的和建筑融为一体，有的被编织成惊人巨大的图案。 yeeyan
No other city in India bears such colossal inconveniences with such phlegmatic grace.
在印度没有哪个城市承受着如此巨大的不便和如此冷淡的宽容。 yeeyan
She dismisses worries about the colossal cost of protectionism or of debt- servicing with a devalued currency as scaremongering.
她散布谣言，蛊惑那些担心贸易保护或以贬值的货币偿还债务会造成巨大开销的人们。 ecocn
Some agencies were openly critical of the colossal human loss incurred in the army’s final assault on Tamil Tiger rebels in2009.
一些机构公开指责军队在2009对泰米尔老虎抵抗力量的最后攻击中导致了巨大的生命流失。 ecocn
Sometimes they mock Mr Obama for not quite living up to their colossal expectations.
他们偶尔嘲讽总统没有完全达到他们所寄予的巨大期望。 ecocn
Thanks to colossal improvements in sanitation and medicine, that figure is now75 for men and80 for women.
由于人类在卫生学和医药学的巨大进步，现在男性的寿命是75岁，女性80岁。 ecocn
The whole thing is a colossal waste of money, he complains.
他埋怨说整个事情就是钱财的巨大浪费。 ecocn
They found that efforts to fight malnutrition and disease would save many lives at modest expense, whereas fighting global warming would cost a colossal amount and yield distant and uncertain rewards.
他们发现，对付营养不良和疾病花费无多却会解救许多生命。然而对抗全球变暖耗资巨大却难以得到直接的、确定性的回报。 ecocn
Though understandable, that desire is wrong and dangerous— and the colossal success of commerce in the emerging world see article shows how much there is to lose.
虽然这是可以理解的，但这种想法又是错误和危险的---在新兴世界的商业中出现的巨大成功同时也揭露了巨大的损失。 yeeyan
What is the source of the colossal sum of speculative money shocking the property and stock markets?
那些总额巨大的推动地产与股票市场的投机性资金究竟来自何方？ yeeyan
Worse, by running the printing presses red-hot, his government created a colossal monetary overhang.
更糟的是，印刷机的疯狂运转，他的政府造成了巨大的货币过剩。 ecocn |