1·There has been a colossal waste of public money.
一直有巨大的公款浪费。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·It was a colossal crocodilian.
它是一种巨大的鳄鱼。
3·But the damage it has caused has been colossal.
但它造成的损害是巨大的。
4·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。
5·The colossal monument bestrode the harbour.
巨大的纪念碑高耸于海港上。
1·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”。
2·But American oil firms are a different matter: as Exxon has shown, so long as you sit on colossal oil reserves, they will always be happy to do business.
但美国的石油公司则是另外一码事了：正如埃克森所表现的，只要你坐拥庞大的石油资源，他们就会一直乐意同你做生意。
3·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。
4·Even by the standards of the subcontinent it was a colossal operation: Indian Railways employs a mere 1.5m people.
甚至以整个印度次大陆的标准来看，这也是一项庞大的生意：印度铁路也才雇佣近一百五十万人。
5·Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos that magnify, distort and duplicate the light of galaxies or stars behind them.
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产生宇宙“气泡”，由星系或星体发出的光经过这些“气泡”会被放大，扭曲和复制。
1·A speedy choice of cheese at a colossal supermarket display may not be the perfect one, but it does leave more time for enjoying it afterwards.
在巨型超级超市里快速选择出的奶酪，即便不是最好的一块，但却为以后留下了更多的享受时间。
2·He describes "disjointed fragments" of cows and sheep, boiled whole in cauldrons, being served to guests in a colossal mansion on the Caspian Sea.
他这样说道，“在里海上的一个巨型豪宅里，大锅一并烹煮的整只整只的牛羊，残肢交错着，就这样被端上餐桌供来宾享用。”
3·Seeing these stone men reminds me of those colossal stone sculptures on Easter Island.
看到这些石人我想到了复活节岛上的那些巨型石雕。
4·Thirteen colossal engine thrusters glow blood red as they push the immense craft through space.
十三座巨型引擎推进器发出血红色光芒，在太空中推动这艘巨型飞船。