colossal
形容词 adj.
英 /kəˈlɒsəl/
美 /kəˈlɑsəl/|/kəˈlɔsəl/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Extremely large or on a great scale.
— A single puppy can make a colossal mess.
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Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
— "It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."
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Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós)bor.
Latin colossusslbor.
French colosse
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -al
Middle French -al
French -al
French colossalder.
English colossal
From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).
Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós)bor.
Latin colossusslbor.
French colosse
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -al
Middle French -al
French -al
French colossalder.
English colossal
From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).
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