大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 colossal
释义：
colossal adj. 巨大的，庞大的；异常的，非常的；（建筑）（柱型）不止一层柱的，多层柱的；（雕像）至少有真人两倍大的
例句：
There has been a colossal waste of public money.
一直有巨大的公款浪费。
It was a colossal crocodilian.
它是一种巨大的鳄鱼。
But the damage it has caused has been colossal.
但它造成的损害是巨大的。
The worst of the bombardment—including the colossal impact that knocked loose the chunk that became our moon—was over.
最糟糕的轰炸——包括将大块物质撞击得脱离地球形成月球巨大碰撞——已经结束了。
The singer earns a colossal amount of money.
那歌手现在可赚大钱了。
Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos.
巨大的星体，例如太阳能够使光弯曲，但是庞大的暗物质云会在宇宙中产生“气泡”。
We have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having been in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.
我们被卷入了一场巨大的混乱之中，被一台我们不了解其工作原理的精密机器所控制。
Allopatric speciation can also be brought by the imperceptibly slow but colossal movements of the tectonic plates that make up Earth's surface.
构成地球表面的那些构造板块极其缓慢但剧烈的运动，也可能导致异地物种形成。
That's a colossal change.
那真是巨大的改变。
The colossal monument bestrode the harbour.
巨大的纪念碑高耸于海港上。
The two have racked up colossal losses.
这二者已经累计了惊人的亏损。
Would we meet any in this colossal ocean?
我们会在浩瀚的大海上遇见什么人吗？
Today, I was dealt a colossal life lesson.
今天，我上了人生中重要的一课。
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。
Lingering would be a colossal waste of love and money.
弥留人间会是一种爱和金钱的巨大浪费。
And how did they manage to transfer abroad such colossal sums?
而他们又是如何得以向海外转移了如此巨大的金额？
Nonetheless, colossal challenges remain to help this population.
虽说如此，我们在帮助这个群体方面确实面对巨大的挑战。
I still didn't believe Arafat would make such a colossal mistake.
我仍然不相信阿拉法特会犯这样的一个大错。
If that wasn't the objective, then Cuba had made a colossal error.
如果那不是他的目的，那么古巴就犯了一个极大的错误。
The latest controversy surrounds Ethiopia’s colossal Gibe III dam.
最近的争议围绕着埃塞俄比亚的巨型大坝——GibeIII大坝。
We've erected skyscrapers for the living and colossal tombs for the dead.
我们为活着的人耸立起了一座座摩天大楼，也为死去的人修建出了恢弘庞大的坟墓。
