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单词 colossal
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colossal


co·los·sal

C0491800 (kə-lŏs′əl)adj.1. Of great size, extent, or amount; immense. See Synonyms at enormous.2. Of great scope or consequence; monumental: a colossal blunder.
[French, from Latin colossus, colossus; see colossus.]
co·los′sal·ly adv.

colossal

(kəˈlɒsəl) adj1. of immense size; huge; gigantic2. (Art Terms) (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size. Compare heroic73. (Architecture) architect Also: giant of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade coˈlossally adv

co•los•sal

(kəˈlɒs əl)

adj. 1. extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge. 2. of or resembling a colossus. [1705–15] co•los′sal•ly, adv. syn: See gigantic.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.colossal - 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"prodigious, stupendousbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

colossal

adjective huge, massive, vast, enormous, immense, titanic, gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), herculean, elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) A colossal statue stands in the square. The task they face is colossal.
little, small, minute, average, tiny, ordinary, weak, slight, wee, miniature, diminutive, pygmy or pigmy

colossal

adjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.
Translations
庞大的

colossal

(kəˈlosəl) adjective very big; enormous. a colossal increase in the price of books. 龐大的 庞大的

colossal


colossal

1. (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size 2. Architect of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade
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colossal


Related to colossal: Colossal Squid
  • adj

Synonyms for colossal

adj huge

Synonyms

  • huge
  • massive
  • vast
  • enormous
  • immense
  • titanic
  • gigantic
  • monumental
  • monstrous
  • mammoth
  • mountainous
  • stellar
  • prodigious
  • gargantuan
  • fuck-off
  • herculean
  • elephantine
  • ginormous
  • humongous or humungous

Antonyms

  • little
  • small
  • minute
  • average
  • tiny
  • ordinary
  • weak
  • slight
  • wee
  • miniature
  • diminutive
  • pygmy or pigmy

Synonyms for colossal

adj of extraordinary size and power

Synonyms

  • behemoth
  • Brobdingnagian
  • Bunyanesque
  • cyclopean
  • elephantine
  • enormous
  • gargantuan
  • giant
  • gigantesque
  • gigantic
  • herculean
  • heroic
  • huge
  • immense
  • jumbo
  • mammoth
  • massive
  • massy
  • mastodonic
  • mighty
  • monster
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • mountainous
  • prodigious
  • pythonic
  • stupendous
  • titanic
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • walloping
  • whopping

Synonyms for colossal

adj so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

Synonyms

  • prodigious
  • stupendous

Related Words

  • big
  • large
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