monolith
/ˈmɒnəʊlɪθ/noun
1
- a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument（尤指凿成柱或纪念碑的）独块巨石。
1.1
- a very large and characterless building巨大而又无特色的建筑：
the 72-storey monolith overlooking the waterfront.
俯瞰水岸的72层巨厦。
1.2
- a large block of concrete sunk in water, e.g. in the building of a dock（沉入水中构筑码头等的）巨型混凝土块体。
2
- a large impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as intractably indivisible and uniform铁板一块的巨大（政治、商业或社会）组织。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, from monos 'single' + lithos 'stone'.