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单词 colossal
释义
colossal
adjective
uk
/kəˈlɒs.əl/us
/kəˈlɑː.səl/
extremelylarge:
巨大的，庞大的
In thecentreof thehallstooda colossalwoodenstatue,decoratedinivoryandgold.大厅中央矗立着一尊用象牙和金子装饰的木质巨型雕像。
They wereaskinga colossalamountofmoneyfor thehouse.他们对这房子漫天要价。
Synonyms
prodigiousformal
stupendous
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
greater than the average size or amount
  • bigThey live in a big house in the country.
  • largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.
  • greatThe party was a great success.
  • enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enormous
  • almighty
  • astronomical
  • astronomically
  • behemoth
  • bumper
  • by far and awayidiom
  • cavernous
  • immeasurably
  • immense
  • immensity
  • inordinate
  • inordinately
  • mountainous
  • precipitous
  • prodigiously
  • stratospheric
  • super-colossal
  • supersized
  • terrific
  • thumping
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(Definition ofcolossalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

colossal| American Dictionary

colossal
adjective[not gradable]
us
/kəˈlɑs·əl/
(esp. of somethingbad) verygreat:
Thewholebusinesshas been a colossalfailure/mistake.
It was a colossalwasteoftime.
(Definition ofcolossalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcolossal

colossal
From about 128 km away, they hauled huge basalt boulders, from which to carvecolossalheads, and nearly 100 other sculptures.
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Earthquakes reflect the means whereby continents are assembled and broken apart, sometimes involving slivers migrating vast distances, andcolossalrejigging of surface environments.
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This was acolossalfailure, where cynical manipulation, massive corruption, and state terror derailed an expensive attempt to impose ' democracy ' from above.
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Roman artists focused on memorable urban objects actually experienced by viewers, including external walls, temples, porticos andcolossalstatues.
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This book is witness to the quitecolossalcontribution these workers have made.
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The dye was thus a useful measure of "trulycolossal" reducing power in the living organism.
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Also, the years of observation, where no two prints from different people had ever been found to have the same details, became acolossalendorsement of this scientific fact.
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The feeling for thecolossalpower of the man, and the perception of the sheer awfulness of much of the music - it's very hard to reconcile these things.
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These societies are consequently entangled in acolossalprisoner's dilemma that not only perpetuates but also escalates a praetorian game that is inimical to democratic consolidation.
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He was a pioneer in the pathologic aspects of both congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases, and had thecolossalability to put the pathologic findings in their appropriate clinical perspective.
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Wren's architecture had suddenly metamorphosed into acolossalmusical instrument - a massive resonating structure!
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The entire story of the conquistadors is an object lesson in what can be achieved by takingcolossalrisks, by flaunting meagre resources in the face of unbelievable odds.
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We shall require acolossalnational effort if the forces of democracy are to be rallied.
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After refilling and restoration there is acolossalwaste of money in going to that site to obtain another coal measure from it.
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Anyone who thinks that we can nationalise the land without spending acolossalsum of public money is really living in a fool's paradise.
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