colossal

colossal
adjective
  1. extremely large
    巨大的;其大无比的
    a colossal amount of mail.
    数量惊人的邮件。
    a colossal mistake.
    极大的错误。
    ■(Architecture)(of an order) having more than one storey of columns
    (建筑)(柱型)不止一层柱的,多层柱的
    ■(Sculpture)(of a statue) at least twice life size
    (雕塑)(雕像)至少有真人两倍大的
派生
colossally
adverb
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus)
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