colossal

adj.

1. 巨大的；庞大的
   extremely large
   1. a colossal statue
      巨大的雕像
   2. The singer earns a colossal amount of money.
      那歌手现在可赚大钱了。

1. ADJ-GRADED 巨大的;庞大的
   If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
   1. There has been a colossal waste of public money...
      一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
   2. The task they face is colossal.
      他们面临的任务十分艰巨。

1. There has been a colossal waste of public money
   一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
2. The task they face is colossal.
   他们面临的任务十分艰巨。
3. Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.
   那座城市里的高层建筑很庞大。
4. Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage.
   无线电城的音乐厅有一个大舞台。
5. You stand tall like a colossal Greek statue.
   在冻人的寒风中，你们挺拔地站立着，好比雄伟的希腊雕像。
6. The insurrection had made of the centre of Paris a sort of inextricable, tortuous, colossal citadel.
   那次的起义把巴黎的中心地带变成了一种曲折错乱、叫人摸不清道路的巨大寨子。
7. The colossal statue stands in the center square, superciliously inspecting the city and its dwellers.
   巨像耸立在中心广场，傲慢地检阅着这座城市和它的居民。
8. I don't know how to tell you about my colossal mistake.
   我犯了一个极大的错误，不知道怎么跟你说才好。
9. But the number of responses was still small, given his colossal number of fans.
   但是与他数量庞大的粉丝相比，回复的数量仍然很少。
10. And yet somehow, even amid this colossal torrent of imagery, the best pictures rise to the top.
    不过，在这巨大的图像洪流中，最佳照片跃然而出。
11. First We went to Colossal Canyon.
    首先，我们去了打峡谷。
12. Along with its Kia subsidiary, it took a colossal 73% of the local car market last year.
    连同其子公司起亚汽车，该集团去年占据了国内汽车市场73%的庞大份额。
13. In this, as in so many other ways, leaving the EU would be a colossal gamble.
    以这种或那种方式退出欧盟将是一个巨大的赌博。
14. Such courses may be colossal failures, but I can learn from my colossal failures.
    这样的课程可能会彻底失败，可是我能从我的彻底失败中获得教益。
15. The colossal is our nearest rival.
    快逻号是我们最大的对手了。
16. The result has been a colossal and also lucrative carry trade, with both welcome and unwanted consequences.
    结果是，出现了大量有利可图的套利交易，其后果既有受人欢迎的，也有人们不愿看到的。
17. Seeing these stone men reminds me of those colossal stone sculptures on Easter Island.
    看到这些石人我想到了复活节岛上的那些巨型石雕。
18. Among the newly uncovered treasures are colossal statues, sunken ships, gold coins and jewelry.
    这批新发现的宝藏包括巨大雕像、沉船、金币与珠宝。
19. It seems as if human agency could affect this colossal power.
    真好象人力能够左右这庞大无比的力量似的。
20. Maybe it's some colossal joke.
    可能真的只是什么天大的笑话。
21. Well, I hate to say it, but that was a colossal failure!
    嗨，我讨厌提这事，可那实在是个巨大的失败。
22. China is a colossal market.
    他称：中国是一个巨大的市场。
23. Most of their colossal profits are reinvested.
    他们的大额利润主要都进行了再投资。
24. Too many people do not realize what a colossal problem drug abuse is in our society today.
    太多的人并没有意识到，一个巨大的问题，药物滥用，是在我们今天的社会。
25. Yet that phrase came to haunt him as the boom years ended in recession and a colossal deficit.
    然而，当繁荣结束，衰退和巨额赤字袭来，这种说法已成为困扰他自己的一个梦魇。
26. You know what I mean like that, like colossal.
    你知道我说的那样是什么意思，就像巨大的。
27. He was dubbed "the London whale" for his colossal clout in the market.
    伊克希尔外号“伦敦鲸”，因为他在市场上有着巨大的影响力。
28. I think she's got colossal cheek to suggest such a thing.
    我认为她提出这种要求真是厚颜无耻。
29. Colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple;
    古代神殿巨大的崩溃废墟；
30. The worries and troubles of the coming day will seem less colossal.
    新的一天烦恼和问题似乎也会变得没有那么咄咄逼人。

  huge colossal enormous giant gigantic immense vast【导航词义：巨大的】

  huge adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕含义很广，指体积、数量、程度方面极大的，但通常不用于重量。

  colossal adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕通常指体积或总量极大的。

  enormous adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕指尺寸或数量巨大的。

  giant adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕只作定语，指比其他同类事物大的。

  gigantic adj. 巨大的，庞大的

〔辨析〕指规格、数量或程度巨大的，含超出常规或预想之意。

  immense adj. 巨大的，广大的，无限的

〔辨析〕指体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准的。

  vast adj. 巨大的，广阔的，浩瀚的

〔辨析〕多指空间、面积、范围巨大的。

adj

1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
   1. colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
   2. has a colossal nerve
   3. a prodigious storm
   4. a stupendous field of grass
   5. stupendous demand

   Synonym:    prodigiousstupendous