noun🔗Share一枚岩、モノリスA large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times."The ancient Egyptians carved hieroglyphs into a tall, granite monolith that stood at the temple entrance. "古代エジプト人は、神殿の入り口に立っていた高い花崗岩のモノリスに象形文字を刻みました。geologyarchitecturematerialartarchaeologyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share一枚岩, 巨大な単一組織, 巨大で無機質な構造Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure."The large corporation, seen as a monolith by its employees, rarely listened to individual concerns. "従業員から一枚岩と見なされている大企業は、個々の懸念に耳を傾けることはめったになかった。politicsculturegovernmentorganizationstructuresocietyarchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareモノリスA substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc."The scientist used a monolith to separate the different colored dyes in the experiment. "科学者は実験でさまざまな色の染料を分離するためにモノリスを使用した。materialchemistrytechnologyscienceprocessstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share一枚岩A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches."After the storm, the old oak tree stood as a sad monolith in the garden, its once-grand branches now gone. "嵐の後、かつて壮大だった枝がなくなった古いオークの木は、庭に悲しい一枚岩として立っていました。natureplantenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share一枚岩にするTo create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith."The company's new CEO monolithized all the different departments into one large, unified structure. "その会社の新しいCEOは、すべての異なる部門を1つの大規模で統一された構造にしました。structurearchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
