monolith

英 [ˈmɒnəlɪθ]

美 [ˈmɑːnəlɪθ]

n.  (尤指古人凿成、表示某种宗教意义的)单块巨石，独石柱; (少有变化，不关心个人的)单一庞大的组织

复数：monoliths　

TEM8

BNC.20478 / COCA.18570

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指古人凿成、表示某种宗教意义的）单块巨石，独石柱
  a large single vertical block of stone, especially one that was shaped into a column by people living in ancient times, and that may have had some religious meaning
• （少有变化，不关心个人的）单一庞大的组织
  a single, very large organization, etc. that is very slow to change and not interested in individual people

柯林斯词典

• (尤指古代竖立的)单块巨石，独石柱
  Amonolithis a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times.
• N-COUNT 庞大而僵化的组织；单一庞大的体系
  If you refer to an organization or system as amonolith, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and it does not seem to have different parts with different characters.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)

双语例句

• Separation of Proteins Using Strong Cation-exchange Monolith
  强阳离子交换整体柱用于蛋白的分离
• According to Navajo beliefs, a deity named Spider Woman lived on top of Spider Rock, the sandstone monolith in the foreground of this picture.
  根据纳瓦霍信仰，一个神命名蜘蛛女人生活在蜘蛛岩之上，砂岩巨型独石在这张图片的前景。
• The use of exhaust paste before the catalytic converter can also cause the monolith to break.
  在催化裂化炉前使用废气浆糊也会引起塑胶制品破裂。
• Separation of Lysozyme using a Vinyl Ester Resin Monolith Column
  乙烯基酯树脂整体柱用于溶菌酶的分离
• A world waking up to a new fact of life in the global economy, the phenomenon of Chinese offshore investment, is naturally going to see a tangled monolith.
  随着这个世界惊觉全球经济出现了一个新的现实中国海外投资现象，人们自然而然地将看到一个盘根错节的巨人。
• Deliberately crude in its execution, the concrete monolith is treated as an existing condition, or ruin, whose subsequent wood-framed, cementitious clad boxes are carefully inserted.
  有控制性的处理清水混凝土的表面，或者破坏其表面，之后在其表面附着上木制架构。
• The results show that the pressure losses mainly come from the monolith resistance along the converter.
  结果表明，催化器载体的沿程阻力损失是催化器压力损失的主要来源；
• Numerical simulation of automotive catalytic converters based different shapes of the monolith
  不同载体端面造型的催化转换器数值模拟
• Preparation of a strong cation-exchange polymer monolith and its application in determination of melamine in milk products
  新型强阳离子交换聚合物整体柱的制备及其在奶制品中三聚氰胺测定中的应用
• Stability of Rh-coated Foam Monolith for Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane
  甲烷部分氧化过程Rh负载的泡沫独石的稳定性