monolith
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英 ['m?n(?)l?θ]
美['mɑn?'l?θ]
- n. 整塊石料；龐然大物
TEM8暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?monoliths;形容詞:?monolithic;
助記提示
1、mono- + lith-.
中文詞源
monolith 單塊巨石，單一龐大的組織
mono-,單個的，-lith,石頭，詞源同lithology.即單塊巨石，引申詞義單一龐大的組織。
英文詞源
- monolith
- monolith: see lithograph
- monolith (n.)
- "column consisting of a single large block of stone," 1848, from French monolithe (16c.), from Latin monolithus (adj.) "consisting of a single stone," from Greek monolithos "made of one stone," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + lithos "stone." Transferred and figurative use is from 1934.
雙語例句
- 1. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
- 若是這兩個強大機構之間達成交易，就會產生一個金融業的巨無霸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.
- 他指出, 鐵板一塊的觀念是注定要被歷史的潮流所淹沒的.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The imposing monolith of totalitarian states often obscures their latent weaknesses.
- 極權國家外表堂堂的鐵板一塊掩蓋了它們內在的虛弱.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
- 這些小碎片就會逐漸破壞里面的塑膠制品,直至最后使其徹底報廢.
來自互聯網
- 5. The kind of waiting, of a monolith, that wears out time.
- 等待的時候, 一塊石頭的沉重般的心情, 那磨損人的時間.
來自互聯網