colossal 详细解释

colossal

[kə'lɔsl]

adj. 巨大的, <口>异常的

a.

1. 巨大的; 庞大的

This is indeed a colossal success.

这确实是个巨大的成功。

2. 巨像的; 巨像似的

3. 少有的, 异常的

a colossal fool

大傻瓜

4. 【口】惊人的, 可观的

5. 【口】绝妙的

词形变化

副词: colossally |

词义辨析

同义:

a.巨大的; 庞大的

huge  gigantic  vast  enormous  immense  mammoth  

同义参见:

big  prodigious  large  jumbo  epic  tremendous  bulky  terrific  

英英释义

形容词 colossal:

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

同义词：prodigious, stupendous

补充

colossalcolossal英:[kəˈlɔsl] 美:[kəˈlɑsəl]adj.1.巨大的Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的高层建筑很庞大。

例句

1. There's a colossal amount of money at stake.有一大笔款项可能遭受损失。 2. There was fraud on a colossal scale.曾出现大规模的欺诈行为。 3. The task they face is colossal.他们面临的问题很艰巨。 4. They would not admit to their colossal mistake.他们不会承认自己犯下的严重错误。 5. There has been a colossal waste of public money.公共资产巨大浪费一直存在。 6. The German government quickly recognised that a colossal blunder had been made.德国政府迅速承认犯下了大错。 7. colossal statues and soaring temples巨大的雕塑与屹立的庙宇 8. colossal pillars巨柱 9. a colossal amount of mail.数量惊人的邮件。 10. a colossal mistake.极大的错误。 11. a colossal building巨大的建筑 12. a colossal amount of money一大笔钱 13. a colossal [=gigantic] statue巨型雕像 14. Their business partnership turned out to be a colossal [=massive] failure.他们的商业合作最后证明是一个巨大的失败。 15. "The meeting was a colossal [=huge, enormous] waste of time."这次会议是巨大的时间浪费。

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