noun🔗Share巨石，独石柱。 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. "古埃及人在一根高大的花岗岩巨石上雕刻了象形文字，这根巨石矗立在神庙入口处。geologyarchitecturematerialartarchaeologyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share整体，庞然大物，铁板一块 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. "这家大公司在员工眼中就像一个庞然大物，很少倾听个人诉求。politicsculturegovernmentorganizationstructuresocietyarchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share整体柱，单片柱。 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. "科学家使用整体柱来分离实验中不同颜色的染料。materialchemistrytechnologyscienceprocessstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share枯树桩, 断枝树干 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. "暴风雨过后，那棵老橡树孤零零地立在花园里，像一个悲凉的枯树桩，曾经繁盛的树枝已经不见了踪影。natureplantenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使…成为整体，把…变成庞然大物 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. "新任首席执行官把公司所有不同的部门整合成了一个庞大的统一体。structurearchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
