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单词 colossus
释义 co·los·sus
\kəˈläsəs\ noun
(plural colossuses \-səsə̇z\ ; or colossi \-ˌsī, -_sē\)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek kolossos
1. : a huge statue of greater than heroic size and proportions
 < fronting the Amon temple four gigantic colossi were erected — D.A.Mackenzie >
2. : one marked by great size, scope, strength, power, or effect and able to dwarf or dominate others:
 a. : a nation vastly larger and more powerful than those near it
  < Latin-American distrust and fear of the colossus to the north >
 b. : a huge and powerful industrial concern
  < a colossus with eight plants, some 44,000 employees — Time >
 c. : one remarkably outstanding and preeminent over others
  < such an artistic colossus as Michelangelo — Hunter Mead >
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