['mɒnəlɪθ]['mɑːnəlɪθ]
  • n. 巨型独石;整块石料;庞然大物
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    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。
      noun(名词)
      1. (古人竖立的)独块巨石,独石柱
      2. (通常非常高的)巨大建筑
      3. (不愿意改变,也不关心个体的)权力庞大的巨型机构
      4. (无差别的)单一群体

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. (古人竖立的)独块巨石,独石柱
    2. (通常非常高的)巨大建筑
    3. (不愿意改变,也不关心个体的)权力庞大的巨型机构

      He said that the National Health Service had become a vast bureaucratic monolith.

      他说国民保健系统已经变成了一个权力规模巨大的官僚机构。

    4. (无差别的)单一群体

      The study documented the diverse backgrounds of the Latino population, which is often viewed wrongly by outsiders as an ethnic monolith.

      这项研究记录了拉美裔人口的不同背景,外人常常错误地将所有拉美人视为一个单一的种族群体。

    小知识

    When something is really huge, like a giant stone, building, or company, call it a monolith. You can also use it to describe a huge amount of work, like the monolith that is your 40-page term paper.

    The noun monolith comes from the Greek words monos, meaning “single” and lithos, meaning “stone.” Any large structures, like a factory that could cover many football fields in size, can be called a monolith. So can monuments that have little definition, like Stonehenge. Even companies that seem to be everywhere, their products and neon-signed restaurants covering the globe, can be called monoliths.

    实用短语

    1. monolith-sphere

      迷石之球

    2. soil monolith

    3. monolith column monolith column

      棒状色谱柱

    4. grim monolith

      灰黑巨石,灰黑巨岩

    5. monolith of evil

      邪恶巨石

    6. black monolith

      黑色巨石,面提到的黑色独石,黑色秘棺

    7. monolith-spher

      迷石之球

    8. kitayama monolith

      北山巨石餐厅

    9. monolith software

      异度之刃

    词根词缀

    前缀: mono-

    表示”单个,一个”

    • adj.

      monoatomic [化]单原子的

      mono单个,一个+atom原子+ic的→adj.[化]单原子的

      monotonous 单调的

      mono单个,一个+ton声音+ous……的→一个声音→单调的

    • n.

      monarch 君主,独裁者

      mon=mono单个,一个+arch统治者→一个统治者

      monogamy 一夫一妻制

      mono单个,一个+gamy婚姻→n.一夫一妻制

      monograph 专题论文

      mono单个,一个+graph写→写一个主题→专题论文

      monolith 独块巨石

      mono单个,一个+lith石头→n.独块巨石

      monologue 独白

      mono单个,一个+logu说话+e→一个人说话→独白

      monomania 偏执狂

      mono单个,一个+mania狂→对一事的热狂→偏执狂

      monopoly 垄断

      mono单个,一个+poly卖→独家卖→垄断

    同义词

    memorial  /  tower