英语词汇“monolith”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

monolith

/ˈmɒn(ə)lɪθ

noun

1A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument: we passed Stonehenge, the strange stone monoliths silhouetted against the horizon...

The ancient monoliths, pyramids, stone circles and grand statues were not just art or architecture.
The history of the area goes back much further than Byron, however, as the monoliths of Castlerigg Stone Circle testify.
The five explorers carefully crept through the ruins, past tall stone monoliths and crumbled walls.

Synonyms

standing stone, menhir, sarsen (stone), megalith

1.1A very large and characterless building: the 72-storey monolith overlooking the waterfront...

Within the dark urban monolith that is the Tower building lies an organisation at the cutting edge of eco-tourism.
With a few simple words, official honesty was once again the order of business inside the glass-fronted monolith overlooking the East River.
The skyscrapers on the west side of Shinjuku station were the same; dark monoliths, corroded to half-height by the fog.

1.2A large block of concrete sunk in water, e.g. in the building of a dock.

2A large, impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as indivisible and slow to change: independent voices have been crowded out by the media monoliths...

If the Constitution becomes the basis for the enforceable spread of one sect's values, then evangelism really will have become a political monolith.
The experience suggests that the monolith of corporate culture is only a partial reality.
The meeting is symbolic of Coleman's transition from a top executive at a corporate monolith to founder of a bootstrapping software company.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, from monos 'single' + lithos 'stone'.

单词	monolith
释义	monolith /ˈmɒn(ə)lɪθ / noun 1A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument: we passed Stonehenge, the strange stone monoliths silhouetted against the horizon... The ancient monoliths, pyramids, stone circles and grand statues were not just art or architecture. The history of the area goes back much further than Byron, however, as the monoliths of Castlerigg Stone Circle testify. The five explorers carefully crept through the ruins, past tall stone monoliths and crumbled walls. Synonyms standing stone, menhir, sarsen (stone), megalith 1.1A very large and characterless building: the 72-storey monolith overlooking the waterfront... Within the dark urban monolith that is the Tower building lies an organisation at the cutting edge of eco-tourism. With a few simple words, official honesty was once again the order of business inside the glass-fronted monolith overlooking the East River. The skyscrapers on the west side of Shinjuku station were the same; dark monoliths, corroded to half-height by the fog. 1.2A large block of concrete sunk in water, e.g. in the building of a dock. 2A large, impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as indivisible and slow to change: independent voices have been crowded out by the media monoliths... If the Constitution becomes the basis for the enforceable spread of one sect's values, then evangelism really will have become a political monolith. The experience suggests that the monolith of corporate culture is only a partial reality. The meeting is symbolic of Coleman's transition from a top executive at a corporate monolith to founder of a bootstrapping software company. Origin Mid 19th century: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, from monos 'single' + lithos 'stone'.
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