English-Thai Dictionary

colossus

N รูปปั้น ที่ ใหญ่ มหึมา  rub-pan-ti-yai-ma-hue-ma

 

colossus

N สิ่ง ที่ ใหญ่โต หรือ มีอำนาจ มาก  สิ่ง ที่ มีความสำคัญ มาก  sing-ti-yai-tol-rue-me-am-nad-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLOSSUS

n.A statue of a gigantic size. The most remarkable colossus of antiquity was one at Rhodes, a statue of Apollo, so high that it is said ships might sail between its legs.

 

COLOSSUS-WISE

adv. In the manner of a colossus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLOSSUS

Co *los "sus, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses. Etym: [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. He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. Shak.

 

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.

 

2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

colossus

co los sus |kəˈläsəs kəˈlɑsəs | ▶noun ( pl. colossi |-ˈläsˌī | or colossuses ) a statue that is much bigger than life size. • a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability: the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples ).

 

Colossus of Rhodes

Co los sus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c. 292 –280 bc, it stood beside the harbor entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years.

 

Oxford Dictionary

colossus

colossus |kəˈlɒsəs | ▶noun ( pl. colossi |-sʌɪ | or colossuses ) a statue that is much bigger than life size. • a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability: the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics. PHRASES bestride something like a colossus totally dominate a place or area of activity: he bestrode French cinema like a colossus. the Hapsburg empire had bestrode Europe like a colossus. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples ).

 

Colossus of Rhodes

Colossus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c. 292 –280 bc, it stood beside the harbour entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

colossus

co los sus /kəlɑ́səs |-lɔ́s -/〖原義は 2 〗名詞 複 -si /-saɪ /, ～es C 1 ｟主に報道 ｠〖単数形で 〗巨人, 偉人 ; 巨大な物 .2 巨像 ; 〖the C- 〗ロードス島の巨像 (Colossus of Rhodes ) 〘the seven Wonders of the Worldの1つ 〙.