Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Colossus \Co*los"sus\, 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.
[1913 Webster]
He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a colossus. --Shak.
[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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colossus
n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[syn: {giant}, {goliath}, {behemoth}, {monster},
{colossus}]
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn:
{colossus}, {behemoth}, {giant}, {heavyweight}, {titan}]
From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]:
Colossus
Colossus
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
