"gigantic statue," late 14c., from Latin colossus "a statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue," which is of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Helios at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Figurative sense of "any thing of awesome greatness or vastness" is from 1794.
雙語例句
1. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
他成為了勞工運動中舉足輕重的人物。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was a colossus, a legend.
他是一個偉人，一個傳奇人物。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The colossus that bestrode the world!
哦,這個雄踞全世界的巨人!
來自英漢文學(xué)
4. Among astronomers, Nicholas Copernicus suddenly appeared as a colossus.