colossus

noun

1. 巨人；巨物
   a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size
2. 巨型雕像
   an extremely large statue

1. N-COUNT 巨人;伟人;庞然大物;极重要的事情
   If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size.
   1. He was a colossus, a legend.
      他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。
   2. ...saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins...
      萨克斯演奏大师桑尼·罗利斯
   3. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
      他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
2. 巨型雕塑
   A colossus is an extremely large statue.

1. He was a colossus, a legend.
   他是一个伟人，一个传奇人物。
2. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
   他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
3. The Colossus would soar higher into the sky.
   这一庞然大物高耸云霄。
4. As Wall Street grew into a Colossus, so did the investment bank compensation system.
   随着华尔街发展成庞然大物，投行的薪资体系也随之膨胀。
5. Not even the martial arts star could wrap his arms around the colossus.
   而他们庆祝的方式就是做了全世界最大的寿司卷：即便是身为功夫明星的成龙也不能环抱这个寿司巨人。
6. We could run level nine of colossus.
   我们就可以一起玩“巨像”第九关。
7. This makes the colossus the ideal support unit for this group of Zealots.
   这样“巨神像”成为“狂热者”部队理想的支援后盾。
8. Is it conceivable that this colossus could learn that spectacular success is a precursor of surprising failure?
   这个巨大的经济体能够汲取教训、明白辉煌的成功通常预示著惊人的失败，这有可能吗？
9. I stride the earth like a colossus.
   我像巨人一般大步大步地踏地前行。
10. Turly, I've known many great men in my life, but only one colossus.
    我这一生见过很多伟人，但是只有一个巨人。
11. The boxer weigh three hundred pound and walk like a veritable colossus.
    这个拳击手重三百镑，走起路来像个十足的巨人。
12. To limited bedroom space, the television calculates really going up is a colossus.
    对于有限的卧室空间而言，电视机实在算得上是一个庞然大物。
13. Today, Einstein is venerated as an intellectual colossus who bestrode the20th century like no other.
    今天，爱因斯坦被推崇为一个知识巨人，在20世纪没有人像他这样光彩夺目。
14. He is a colossus with feet of clay.
    他是一个泥足巨人。
15. Vieira has been a colossus for Wenger's side and is the rock upon which this team has been built.
    维埃拉是温格的阿森纳队中的巨人，他是组建整个球队的基石。
16. He compared the statue with an unfinished marble colossus from the island of naxos.
    他把这座雕像与纳克索斯岛上的未完成的大理石巨像相比。
17. Outside China, pessimism has been growing about the ability of the colossus to sustain its rapid growth.
    外界对中国这位巨人维持快速增长的能力越来越悲观。
18. As destiny would have it, even the world's highest mountain would be ascended before this ice-covered and avalanche-dangerous colossus.
    命中注定，甚至世界上最高峰在这座冰雪覆盖、具有雪崩危险的巨峰之前也被攀登了。
19. Under this administration we have devoted our resources into making this country a military colossus.
    在行政部门的领导下，我们已经投入我们的财力来制造我们国家的军事巨人。
20. In the ironic, self-referential universe inhabited by the YouTube generation, you cannot create a new media colossus and sell it for a king's ransom without poking fun at the whole process.
    在YouTube一代所处的充满讽刺、自我参照的世界中，如果不取笑一下整个过程，你就不可能创建一个新的媒体巨人、并把它卖出个大价钱。
21. No, the Colossus will not block a flying unit.
    不，巨像不会阻拦一个飞行单位。
22. A copper colossus of their leader stand in the middle of the square.
    他们领袖的铜巨像耸立在广场中央。
23. The handsome payoffs from these ballsy bets made the South Korean company a colossus;
    从上述异常大胆的投资中获得的不错的收益让这家韩国公司成为了科技巨头；
24. The colossus that bestrode the world!
    哦，这个雄踞全世界的巨人！
25. She has been described as the creative Colossus of the literary world.
    她被誉为文学界里创造力的巨匠。
26. It is a colossus with feet of clay.
    它是一个泥足巨人。
27. With his influential friends and extravagant lifestyle, he bestrides the world of show business like a colossus.
    他有着举足轻重的朋友，过着奢侈豪华的生活，像巨人般主宰着娱乐业。
28. The Colossus was a unit that I wasn't sold on before playing it.
    巨像是个让我先前不太买帐的单位。

noun

1. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

   Synonym:    behemothgiantheavyweighttitan

2. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

   Synonym:    giantgoliathbehemothmonster