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colossal adj. 巨大的； <口>异常的 (1) 这确实是个巨大的成功。(2) 但是，回到老路上将是一个巨大的错误。 Colossal can refer to an item's physical size, like a giant redwood tree, but it can also be used to describe the force or scope of something — like the colossal force of a thunderstorm that knocked down the redwood tree, or the colossal scope of your school project on the history of the redwoods that seems like it will never, ever end. It comes from the Greek word kolossos, meaning "gigantic statue."

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英 [kə'lɒsl] 美 [kə'lɑːsl] (1) This is indeed a colossal success.(2) But to go back to the old ways would be a colossal mistake. Colossal describes something so large it makes you say, "Whoa!" You might have a colossal amount of homework, or see a colossal pyramid while vacationing in Egypt. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]巨大的；庞大的 If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.   [emphasis]There has been a colossal waste of public money...一直存在巨大的公款浪费。The task they face is colossal.他们面临的任务十分艰巨。colossallyTheir policies have been colossally destructive.他们的政策极具破坏性。

英语单词	colossal
英美音标	英 [kə'lɒsl] 美 [kə'lɑːsl]
中文释义	adj. 巨大的； <口>异常的
英语例句	(1) This is indeed a colossal success. (2) But to go back to the old ways would be a colossal mistake.
中文例句	(1) 这确实是个巨大的成功。 (2) 但是，回到老路上将是一个巨大的错误。
vocabulary简明	Colossal describes something so large it makes you say, "Whoa!" You might have a colossal amount of homework, or see a colossal pyramid while vacationing in Egypt.
vocabulary扩展	Colossal can refer to an item's physical size, like a giant redwood tree, but it can also be used to describe the force or scope of something — like the colossal force of a thunderstorm that knocked down the redwood tree, or the colossal scope of your school project on the history of the redwoods that seems like it will never, ever end. It comes from the Greek word kolossos, meaning "gigantic statue."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]巨大的；庞大的 If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large. [emphasis] There has been a colossal waste of public money... 一直存在巨大的公款浪费。 The task they face is colossal. 他们面临的任务十分艰巨。 colossally Their policies have been colossally destructive. 他们的政策极具破坏性。

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