colossus
/kəˈlɒsəs/noun
(pl. colossi /-saɪ/ 或colossuses)
1- a statue that is much bigger than life size巨像。
1.1
- figurative a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability〈喻〉巨人; 巨物; 极具影响力的人; 关系重大的事物; 极有才能的人; 大师：
the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics.
俄罗斯帝国曾是欧洲政治中的巨人。
词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples).