monolith
英 ['mɒn(ə)lɪθ]
美['mɑnə'lɪθ]
- n. 整块石料；庞然大物
词态变化
复数: monoliths;形容词: monolithic;
助记提示
1、mono- + lith-.
中文词源
monolith 单块巨石，单一庞大的组织
mono-,单个的，-lith,石头，词源同lithology.即单块巨石，引申词义单一庞大的组织。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
- 若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易，就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.
- 他指出, 铁板一块的观念是注定要被历史的潮流所淹没的.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The imposing monolith of totalitarian states often obscures their latent weaknesses.
- 极权国家外表堂堂的铁板一块掩盖了它们内在的虚弱.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
- 这些小碎片就会逐渐破坏里面的塑胶制品,直至最后使其彻底报废.
来自互联网
- 5. The kind of waiting, of a monolith, that wears out time.
- 等待的时候, 一块石头的沉重般的心情, 那磨损人的时间.
来自互联网