colossus 音标拼音: [kəl'ɑsəs]
n . 巨像,巨人
巨像,巨人
colossus n 1 :
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [
synonym : {
giant }, {
goliath }, {
behemoth }, {
monster },
{
colossus }]
2 :
a person of exceptional importance and reputation [
synonym :
{
colossus }, {
behemoth }, {
giant }, {
heavyweight }, {
titan }]
Colossus \
Co *
los "
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n .;
pl .
L . {
Colossi },
E . {
Colossuses }.
[
L .,
fr .
Gr . ?.]
1 .
A statue of gigantic size .
The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity ,
as the Colossus of Nero in Rome ,
the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes .
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1913 Webster ]
He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor . --
Dr .
Wm .
Smith .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Any man or beast of gigantic size .
[
1913 Webster ]
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
colossus ":
Antaeus ,
Atlas ,
Briareus ,
Brobdingnagian ,
Charles Atlas ,
Cyclops ,
Goliath ,
Hercules ,
Polyphemus ,
Samson ,
Superman ,
Tarzan ,
Titan ,
amazon ,
antenna tower ,
barbican ,
belfry ,
bell tower ,
bully ,
bullyboy ,
campanile ,
column ,
cupola ,
derrick ,
dome ,
fire tower ,
giant ,
gorilla ,
lantern ,
lighthouse ,
martello ,
martello tower ,
mast ,
minaret ,
monument ,
muscle man ,
obelisk ,
observation tower ,
pagoda ,
pilaster ,
pillar ,
pinnacle ,
pole ,
powerhouse ,
pylon ,
pyramid ,
shaft ,
skyscraper ,
spire ,
stalwart ,
standpipe ,
steeple ,
strong man ,
strong -
arm man ,
stupa ,
television mast ,
the mighty ,
the strong ,
titan ,
tope ,
tough ,
tough guy ,
tour ,
tower ,
tower of strength ,
turret ,
water tower ,
windmill tower (
A huge and ancient statue on the Greek island of Rhodes ).
1 .
The Colossus and Colossus Mark II computers used
by {Alan Turing } at {Bletchley Park }, UK during the Second
World War to crack the "Tunny " cipher produced by the Lorenz
SZ 40 and SZ 42 machines . Colossus was a semi -fixed -program
vacuum tube } calculator (unlike its near -contemporary , the
freely programmable {Z3 }).
Breaking the enemy 's code ", Glenn Zorpette , IEEE Spectrum ,
September 1987 , pp . 47 -51 .]
2 . The computer in the 1970 film , "Colossus : The Forbin
Project ". Forbin is the designer of a computer that will run
all of America 's nuclear defences . Shortly after being turned
on , it detects the existence of Goliath , the Soviet
counterpart , previously unknown to US Planners . Both
computers insist that they be linked , whereupon the two become
a new super computer and threaten the world with the immediate
launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached . Colossus
begins to give its plans for the management of the world under
its guidance . Forbin and the other scientists form a
technological resistance to Colossus which must operate
underground .
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