"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.